Meaning: Women don't rise from the man they've overpowered

Context: Once dominant, she stays — power changes balance

Meaning: A co-wife is an enemy to another

Context: Jealousy thrives in rivalry — competition breeds conflict

Meaning: A woman may talk to a thousand men but marries one

Context: Social contact doesn't equal commitment — action shows intention

Meaning: Both women and children are managed through gentle persuasion

Context: Soft words and patience guide the emotional — influence needs tact

Meaning: A woman who's delivered another woman's baby, and an elder of the clan, both hide what they know

Context: Experience teaches discretion — wisdom knows when to stay silent

Meaning: A thousand men may court a woman, but only one marries her

Context: Many may show interest, but few commit — destiny decides partnership

Meaning: The guests themselves become uneasy

Context: Overstaying brings discomfort — know when to leave

Meaning: A muddy reed is peeled one at a time

Context: Problems are solved step by step — patience removes difficulty

Meaning: Deceive me once, God curse you; deceive me twice, I blame myself

Context: Learn from betrayal — wisdom comes after the first mistake

Meaning: As you break, so you're bandaged

Context: Help matches your wound — consequences fit actions

Meaning: When he comes, he brings news; when he leaves, he takes news

Context: Gossipers spread in all directions — guard your words around them

Meaning: The elephant doesn't see its own sore but notices another's

Context: People spot others' faults faster than their own — self-awareness is rare

Meaning: Guests and corpses are both bent

Context: A guest, like a corpse, must humble themselves — respect the home you visit

Meaning: The guest thinks she helped prepare the feast

Context: People often take credit for what others did for them — vanity blinds gratitude

Meaning: There's no guest smaller than the host, nor stay shorter than a day

Context: Every guest deserves dignity and time — respect is mutual

Meaning: What can it suck or be sucked with when it has neither lips nor breasts?

Context: Without the right means, no result can come — ability determines outcome

Meaning: The snake is killed from the head

Context: Problems must be solved at the source — leadership correction fixes the whole

Meaning: Vomit doesn't leave you where it started

Context: Shame or guilt pushes one away — consequences follow wrongs

Meaning: Calamity itself teaches the world

Context: Suffering is life's greatest teacher — hardship builds wisdom

Meaning: A man who doesn't speak gets nothing from his aunt

Context: Ask to receive — silence gets no reward