Meaning: A stone is not aimed at a hen with chickens

Context: Do not harm those who are vulnerable

Meaning: Eating is sweet, digging is a weariness

Context: Enjoyment is easy; work is hard

Meaning: It is not hard to nurse a pregnancy, what is hard is to bring up the child

Context: Raising a child is harder than bearing one

Meaning: To aim is not to hit

Context: Intention does not guarantee success

Meaning: It is no trouble to eat a king-fish, the trouble lies in washing it

Context: Enjoyment is easy; preparation is hard

Meaning: Where there is a formal mourning, has died a person

Context: Ceremonies indicate significant events

Meaning: The timid crow withdraws its wings from harm

Context: The cautious avoid danger

Meaning: Climb a thorn tree, but coming down again is a dance

Context: Getting into a difficult situation is easier than getting out

Meaning: To lose the way is to learn the way

Context: Mistakes teach valuable lessons

Meaning: Charity is a matter of the heart and not of the pocket

Context: Generosity is about intent, not wealth

Meaning: Old rust is for the stranger

Context: Guests are offered the best, even if it is old

Meaning: If after pounding I eat no flour, I withhold my pestle

Context: If not rewarded, one withdraws effort

Meaning: Cooling the tongs is not the end of forging

Context: A pause does not mean the end of work

Meaning: With a timid person goes laughter, with a bold person goes wailing

Context: Caution avoids disaster; bravery sometimes leads to it

Meaning: To run is not necessarily to arrive

Context: Speed does not guarantee success

Meaning: Where there are trees, there are no builders

Context: Abundance of one resource may indicate lack of another

Meaning: A vessel running aground has no captain

Context: In dire situations, leadership may be absent

Meaning: There is no incense for something rotting

Context: You cannot hide something that is fundamentally bad

Meaning: One's foul-smelling does not sicken oneself but merely disgusts one

Context: People are more tolerant of their own flaws

Meaning: Today is today: he who says tomorrow is a liar

Context: Focus on the present; the future is uncertain