The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .
Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.