“Don’t go looking for trouble.”

Do not expect to achieve success overnight, take it slowly.

If you are unable to get turkey, then you must be satisfied with John Crow.

The person who brings gossip to you is the same one taking it back.

Before allowing good food to spoil, allow the belly to burst.

I’m free to say what I want.

No matter how drunk the cockroach becomes, he never makes the mistake of walking past the yard of the fowl.

Sleep has no master.

Not everyone goes to church for the same reason, some just go to gossip.

Every day’s fishing day, but not every day’s a day to catch fish.

The rooster was killed by his own mouth.

Practice what you preach.

If you are afraid of the eye, you will never eat the head.

Allow one jackass (donkey) to bray at a time.

You will never know someone just from casual acquaintances. Take time to know someone.

Make use of the first opportunities that comes your way.

If you spread your bed hard, you must lie on a hard bed.