- 1. The animal that is careful lives long in the forest.
- 2. If you can’t dance well, you’d better not get up.
- 3. Nearly no dey kill bird (it’s either you have it or you don’t).
- 4. A masquerade is not a spirit only because of its mask.
- 5. A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude.
- 6. A wealthy man will always have followers. Fall or not…
- 7. A tree is best measured when it’s down.
- 8. Courage is the father of success.
- 9. God keeps away flies from the tailless cow.
- 10. He who does not lose his way by night will not lose his way by day.
- 11. If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright; if one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.
- 12. No matter how dark it is, the hand always knows the way to the mouth.
- 13. Success is 10% ability, and 90% sweat.
- 14. The fire that burns a royal palace only enhances its splendour.
- 15. The fowl perspires, but the feathers do not allow us to see the perspiration.
- 16. The stars shine brightest when the moon is gone.

