If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.
If things are getting easier, maybe you're headed downhill.
If we knew where death resided, we would never stay there.
If you are in hiding, don't light a fire.
If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can't redeem it later.
It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs.Old-Woman-Monkey.
It is no shame at all to work for money.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the fool whose own tomatoes are sold to him.
It is the fool's sheep that break loose twice.
It is the wife who knows her husband.
It's the fool's sheep that breaks loose twice.
Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.
Misfortune does not restrict his visits to one day.
Money is sharper than a sword.
Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.
No one boasts of what belongs to another.
No one tests the depth of the river with both feet.
Nobody is shamed twice.
One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump.