The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.
The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.
The leopard that covers its black spots with hamaton dust solution will truly be exposed when the rain season comes.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.
The person who is coming from the bowels of the earth doesn’t despise even the smallest amount of sunshine.
If two brothers fight over their father’s land, it is a stranger who will enjoy there sweat and labour.
If the fish comes out of the river to tell you that the crocodile has one eye, you should believe it.