A fu" heart is aye kind.
A fu" heart never lee"d.
Intimating that the truth generally comes out under the impulse of the feelings.
A fu" man and a hungry horse aye mak haste hame.
A fu" man"s a true man.
A man under the influence of drink, if he speak at all, speaks truth, and often more of that than is pleasant.
A fu" purse maks a haverin merchant.
A man with a full purse engaged in commercial transactions is apt to "haver," or gossip freely.
A fu" purse never lacks friends.
A fu" sack can bear a clout on the side.
A man in prosperous circ.u.mstances can afford to listen to the envious remarks of those who have not been so fortunate.
A fu" wame maks a straught back.
A full stomach makes a man walk erectly.
A gaun fit"s aye getting, were it but a thorn or a broken tae.
"A man of industry will certainly get a living; though the proverb is often applied to those who went abroad and got a mischief, when they might safely have stayed at home."--_Kelly._
A gentle horse should be sindle spurr"d.
A gi"en game was ne"er won.
A voluntary concession may be no tribute to the skill of the opponent.
A gi"en horse shouldna be looked i" the mouth.
A gi"en piece is soon eaten.
A gowk at Yule "ll no be bright at Beltane.
He that is a fool at Christmas will not be wise in May.
A great rooser was ne"er a gude rider.
A great boaster is rarely a great performer.
A greedy e"e ne"er got a fu" wame.
A greedy e"e ne"er got a gude pennyworth.
This and the preceding proverb signify that a covetous or greedy man is never satisfied.
A green wound is half hale.
A green Yule maks a fat kirkyard.
"Ance I wrought a simmer wi" auld Will Winnet, the bedral, and howkit mair graves than ane in my day; but I left him in winter, for it was unco cauld wark; and then it cam a green Yule, and the folk died thick and fast."--_The Antiquary._
A groat is ill saved that shames its master.
A grunting horse and a graneing wife seldom fail their master.
People that are constantly in the habit of complaining how ill they are, generally contrive to live as long as their neighbours.
A gude beginning maks a gude ending.
A gude calf is better than a calf o" a gude kind.
The one is good already, while it is possible that the other may turn out bad.
A gude cause maks a strong arm.
A gude conscience is the best divinity.
A gude day"s darg may be done wi" a dirty spade.
A gude dog ne"er barkit about a bane.
A gude face needs nae band, and an ill ane deserves nane.
A gude fellow is a costly name.
A gude fellow ne"er tint but at an ill fellow"s hand.
A gude goose may hae an ill gaiflin.
A gude green turf is a gude gudemother.
A mother-in-law is best in the churchyard.
A gude grieve is better than an ill worker.
A gude ingle maks a roomy fireside.
A gude lawyer may be an ill neighbour.
A gude man maks a gude wife.