O rí àgbébọ̀ adìyẹ lọ́jà o sáré si. Ì bá jẹ́ pé ó ńyé ogún tó ńpa ogún ṣé aládìyẹ yóò tàá? / You rushed to buy a full-grown chicken you saw in the market. Had it been top-notch in laying and breeding, would the owner have sold it?

Adìyẹ ńjẹ yangan, ó ńmu omi ó ńgb'ókùúta mì, ó tún ńsunkún àìléyín. Ṣé òbúkọ tó léyín ńjẹ irin ni? / Hens eat corns, drink water & swallow stones, yet lament lacking teeth. Do goats eat pieces of iron with theirs? [Contentment is crucial]

Òkò tí a bá bínú jù kìí pẹyẹ. /A stone thrown at a bird in anger can't kill the bird.[Actions taken in anger seldom achieve desired results]

If a father gets so angry as to throw his child into a raid of army ants, by the time he's appeased the ants may not be.[Don't act in anger]

Ìràwọ̀ ọ̀sán gangan tó ohun tí gbogbo àwọn àgbàlagbà ńpéjọ wò /A star that shows up in the afternoon merits the attention of all the elders.

Àgbẹ̀ tí kòkó ẹ̀ yè, kìí ṣe mímọ̀ọ́ ṣe ẹ̀, bíkòṣe Elédùà / A farmer with a thriving cocoa farm owes this not just to his effort, but to God.

Tí àdúrà bá gbà tán, apá aládúrà ò ní ka. / When a prayer is answered, the person who prayed will be overwhelmed. [Prayers work]

Nínú ìkòkò dúdú ni ẹ̀kọ funfun ti ńjáde. / The pot may be black, yet out of it comes the white corn meal. [Write-off no one]

Ọ̀nà ò ní jìn kó má lóòpin. / A road cannot be so far and not have an end. [Nothing lasts forever; keep hope alive]

Wúrà tó máa dán, á la iná kọjá. / A piece of gold that wants to shine must be passed through fire. [No pains, no gains; don't give up!]