By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

In taking a bath one is admitting he is dirty.

Where water is boss, the land must obey.

A speaker of truth has no friends.'

-African Proverb.

The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

To get lost is to learn the way.

A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.

If anyone makes you laugh, it is not always because they love you.

Filthy water cannot be washed.

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.

The little ant at its hole is full of courage.

Don't praise a cottage in which you haven't slept yet.

No man fears what he has seen grow.

The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.

The axe forgets; the tree remembers.

A crab does not beget a bird.

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself.

Only a fool tests the water with both feet.