Humility is the beginning of wisdom.

Hunger is a good cook.

Hunger makes the big fish come out of hiding in the great river.

Husband and wife are tied together like an axe and the handle of the axe.

I a queen, you a queen, who is to fetch the water?

I am being carried on great wings across the sky.

I have been to the end of the earth. I have been to the end of the water. I have been to the end of the sky. I have been to the end of the mountains. I have found none that are not my friends.

I have so much to do that I am going to bed.

I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.

I refuse to fight does not mean I am a coward.

I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble.

I’ll be the queen and you’ll be the queen, but who churns the butter?

Idleness is to be dead at the limbs but alive within.

If a black cat crosses the street, bad luck is around the corner.

If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.

If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.

If a man is fated to be poor, nothing will enrich him.

If a person shave you with a razor, do not shave him with broken glass.

If a woman offers her sex to everyone, pestles are used on it.

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

If bad fortune is in store, let it come at once.

If everyone thought the same way, no goods would ever be sold.

If fate throws a knife at you, there are two ways of catching it: by the blade or by the handle.

If fortune favors, knock on wood.

If God be for us, who can be against us?

If grief is predestined to a house, may the daughter-in-law die, and if she is not at home, the son-in-law.

If I am not to myself, who will be? And when I am to myself, who am I? And if not now, when?

If i am in harmony with my family, that's success.

If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; and if you can't pick it up, paint it.

If my neighbor is happy, my own work will go easier, too.

If one comes to a fork of the road in a strange country, she stops to think.

If someone transports dung and does not eat it, it should not be concluded that he is an honest person.

If the bride is ugly, what good is the beauty of her mother?

If the camel once get his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow.

If the cap fits, wear it.

If the needle doesn't pass, the thread doesn't follow.

If the palm of the hand itches it signifies the coming of great luck.

If the rhythm of the drum beat changes, the dance step must adapt.