Coffee and love taste best when hot.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Children are the reward of life.
The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry.
Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners.
A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
To run is not necessarily to arrive.
Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you.
Patience puts a crown on the head.
If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom.
It is no shame at all to work for money.
If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
A real family eats the same cornmeal.
Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
Patience is the key which solves all problems.
Hold a true friend with both hands.
A wise person will always find a way.
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
Knowledge is better than riches.
When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
However long the night, the dawn will break.
It takes a village to raise a child.
You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.
Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
He who loves money must labor.
You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
Wisdom is wealth.
Traveling is learning.
A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.
If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
A pretty basket does not prevent worries.
Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
The friends of our friends are our friends.
Nobody is born wise.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
