He who would enjoy the fruit must not spoil the blossoms.
More Scottish Proverbs:
Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.Scottish
False friends are worst than bitter enemies.
Scottish
Law's costly -- take a pint and agree.
Scottish
The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the quarrels of fools.
Scottish
Who God does not teach, man cannot.
Scottish
If ye had as little money as ye have manners, ye would be the poorest man of all your kin.
Scottish