I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

I'll put a spoke among your wheels.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.