There never was a five-pound note but there was a ten-pound road for it.
More Scottish Proverbs:
Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.Scottish
A man is known by the eye, and the face discovers wisdom.
Scottish
They that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
Scottish
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Scottish
Willful waste makes woeful want.
Scottish
What cannot be cured must be endured.
Scottish