Hurrying and worrying are not the same as strength.
Hyenas are caught with stinking bait.
If a blind man says, "Let's throw stones," be assured that he has stepped on one.
If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking.
If all seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees.
If crocodiles eat their own eggs what would they do to the flesh of a frog.
If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others.
If the bull would throw you, lie down.
If the stomachache were in the foot, one would go lame.
If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
If you find "Miss This Year" beautiful, then you'll find "Miss Next Year" even more so.
If you have run out of gunpowder, use your gun as a club.
If you put a razor in your mouth, you will spit blood.
If you rise too early, the dew will wet you.
If you want to give a sick man medicine, let him first be really ill -- so that he can see how well the medicine works.
It is more fun doing evil than putting it right.
It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.
It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft.
Lending is the firstborn of poverty.
Man is like pepper -- you only know him when you've ground him.
Marriage is like a groundnut, you have to crack it to see what is inside.
