ch wood farthest.

They that lose seek, they that find keep.

They that marry in green, their sorrow is sune seen.

"It is rather strange that green, the most natural and agreeable of
all colours, should have been connected by superstition with
calamity and sorrow.... To this day, in the north of Scotland, no
young woman would wear such attire on her wedding day."--_Robert
Chambers._

They that love maist speak least.

They that never filled a cradle shouldna sit in ane.

"Because such will not consider whether there may be a child in it;
whereas they who have had children will be more cautious."--_Kelly._

They that rise wi' the sun hae their wark weel begun.

They that see but your head dinna see a' your height.

"Spoken to men of low stature and high spirits."--_Kelly._

They that see you through the day winna break the house for you at
night.

This ungallant proverb signifies that the person addressed is not
very good-looking.

They that sin the sin maun bear the shame.

They that stay in the howe will ne'er mount the height.

They walk fair that naebody finds faut wi'.

They were never fain that fidged, nor fu' that lickit dishes.

"Spoken when people shrug their shoulders, as if it was a sign that
they were not content."--_Kelly._

They were never first at the wark wha bade God speed the wark.

They were scant o' bairns that brought you up.

They wha are early up, and hae nae business, hae either an ill wife, an
ill bed, or an ill conscience.

They wist as weel that didna speir.

There are those who are more concerned for my welfare than you are,
but do not make so many outward protestations of it.

They wyte you an' you're no wyteless.

Things maun aye be someway, even if they're crookit.

Thirteen o' you may gang to the dizzen.

This and better may do, but this and waur will never do.

This world's a widdle as weel as a riddle.

"'A widdle,' a wriggling motion; metaphorically, a struggle or
bustle."--_Jamieson._

Thole weel is gude for burning.

"Patience and posset-drink cure all maladies."--_English._

Though auld and wise still tak advice.

Thoughts are free, and if I daurna say I may think.

Thoughts beguile maidens.

Though ye tether time and tide, love and light ye canna hide.

Three can keep a secret when twa are awa.

Three failures and a fire make a Scotsman's fortune.

Thrift's gude revenue