He that fishes afore the net, long e’re he fish get.
More Scottish Proverbs:
A good word is as soon said as an ill.Scottish
If ye had as little money as ye have manners, ye would be the poorest man of all your kin.
Scottish
Bourd not with Bawty, fear lest he bite ye.
Scottish
Nothing enters a close Hand.
Scottish
Trot mother, trot father, how should the foal amble?
Scottish
A friend is not known but in need.
Scottish