14. When a king has good
counselors, his reign is peaceful.
What defines a man is the
circumstances and people around him
and if they are good, he turns out
good.

15. It takes a whole village to raise
a child.
Meaning: The society is responsible for
the moral characters it creates and
everyone in a community should be
responsible for helping to train a child
irrespective of who the parents are;
offering correction where they are
needed.

16. If a child washes his hands he
could eat with kings.
If you prepare and allow
yourself to be well trained when you
have the opportunity, you will achieve
a lot and be favored in due course.

17. Rain does not fall on one roof
alone.
Meaning: Trouble comes to everyone at
one time or another.

18. Life is like a shadow and a mist;
it passes quickly by, and is no
more.
Meaning: Life is short, and you only live
it once.

19. Wherever a man goes to dwell,
his character goes with him.
Meaning: What defines a man is his
character which is inseparable from
him and follows him wherever he goes.

20. Do not look where you fell, but
where you slipped.
Meaning: Don’t look at your mistakes;
look at what caused you to make the
mistakes otherwise you may repeat the
mistake.

21. A child’s fingers are not scalded by
a piece of hot yam which his mother
puts into his palm.

22. An old woman is always uneasy
when dry bones are mentioned in a
proverb.

23. By the time the fool has learned
the game, the players have dispersed

24. Even though the old man is strong
and hearty, he will not live forever.

25. A bird will always use another
birds’ feathers to feather its own nest.

26. A person is a person because of
other persons.

27. Two small antelopes can beat a big
one.

28. What is bad luck for one man is
good luck for another.

29. Fire and gunpowder do not sleep
together.

30. Hunger is felt by a slave and
hunger is felt by a king.

31. The lizard that jumped from the
high Iroko tree to the ground said he
would praise himself if no one else did.

32. The mouth which eats does not
talk.

33. He that digs up a grave for his enemy, may be digging it for himself

34. Money is sharper than a sword

35. No one tests the depth of a river
with both feet

36. A proud heart can survive a
general failure because such a failure
does not prick its pride.

37. As the dog said, ‘If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing.’

38. If you are in hiding, don’t light a
fire.

39. It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Woman-Monkey.

40.If you don’t stand for something,
you will fall for something.