"Be to the poor like ony whunstane, [any whinstone]"
"I criticize whiles, and that gives me a name of whunstane common-sense, but I never let my tongue wag."
"He's nane o 'yer saft buirds, that ye can sleek wi' a sweyp o 'yer airm; he's a blue whunstane that's hard to dress, but, anes dressed, it bides the weather bonnie."