If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
This, too, shall pass.
Ears are usually uninvited guests.
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
If you know the beginning well, the end will not trouble you.
If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.
When a man says he does not mind, then he really does.
He who does not know is forgiven by god.
Don't ask me where I am going but where I have come from.
If a man makes soup of his tears, ask him not for broth.
Food you will not eat you do not boil.
If it's a big man that is hurting you, smile at him.
God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
Where water is the boss, there must the land obey.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
Where the cattle stand together, the lion lies down hungry.
Where the cattle are, there the wolf shall die.
When you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
When you see a palm tree, the palm tree has seen you.
When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.
When the heart acts the body is its slave.
When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
When a man says yes, his chi [personal god] says yes also.
