+ "A child who hides what he is doing from his father will always go to the old man for help when trouble comes."
+ "He who sees a rough river and tries to cross with a small canoe should not blame God."
+ "It is only when the fishing gear is broken that one hears its wonderful performance. The tongue is only 3 inches, but it can kill a man that is 6ft tall."
+ "A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not look for a mat."
+ "If the singer is a fool, the listener is also a fool."
+ "A man who thinks everything around him is sweet should remember that bitter leaves grow in the bush with oranges."
+ "A man may have unlimited access to his wife and share flesh and blood but her bones belong to her people."
+ "He whose house is on fire does not pursue a rat."
+ "To whom nothing is given, of him nothing can be required."
+ "He who has not sat on the marital stool does not know the problems of marriage."
+ "One does not protect another’s head in such a manner as to allow the hawk to lift one’s own off one’s shoulder."
+ "A wise fish knows that a beautiful worm that looks so easy to swallow has a sharp hook attached to it."
+ "Neither whose reign brings peace and stability nor the one whose reign brings turbulence would be forgotten."
+ "The man who jumps from the ground onto an ant-hill is still on the ground."
+ "The world is like a dancing masquerade. If you want to see it well, you do not stand is one place."
+ "The rat says he has no quarrel with its killer but with the one who informs on its whereabouts."
+ "Happiness in marriage is a matter of chance."
+ "A parent with only one child sleeps with one eye open."