'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
Now's the day and now's the hour.
Some books are lies frae end to end.
Life is but a day at most.
If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.