NO SOAP CAN WASH OUT THAT WHICH RESIDES IN THE BLOOD. INBORN TRAITS ARE HARD TO ERASE.

THE SHREW SAID THAT WHATEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS FOUL BODY ODOUR IS LOCATED DEEP IN HIS BONE MARROW. INBORN TRAITS ARE HARD TO ERASE.

IF A SHREW COULD SMELL THIS BAD ALIVE, HOW WOULD IT SMELL WHEN IT IS DEAD? IF THIS IS ANYONE AT THEIR BEST, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THEIR WORST?

FROM THE STENCH OF A FART,YOU CAN GUESS THE TASTE OF FAECES. FROM LITTLE THINGS, YOU CAN DRAW SOME REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT BIG ONES. (FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN TELL FROM A CHILD'S PUBLIC DISPLAY THE KIND OF HOME THEY COME FROM).

THAT WHICH WAS SIRED BY A SNAKE WILL ALWAYS GROW LONG... (LIKE FATHER LIKE SON; LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER).APPLE DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM ITS TREE.

AN ELEPHANT PRODUCES AN ELEPHANT; A DEER PRODUCES A DEER AND A MOUSE, A MOUSE. WHEN A CHILD DISPLAYS A CERTAIN BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC,ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS PARENTS WELL WILL NOT BE SURPRISED AT HIS BEHAVIOUR,POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. EVERY CREATURE MUST TAKE AFTER ITS KIND.

THE CHAMELEON ONCE SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BECAUSE OF A WILDFIRE ABANDON THE MAJESTIC GAIT OF HIS FOREBEARS. WHY THE RUSH?

THAT WHICH OBTAINS IN THE HOUSE OF THE RAT ALSO OBTAINS IN THE HOUSE OF THE ZEBRA MOUSE. AN AFFIRMATION THAT ONE IS IN THE SAME BOAT AS ANOTHER, POSSIBLY ENDURING THE SAME HARDSHIPS.

THE ZEBRA MOUSE MAY WEAR AS MUCH COLOURFUL SPOTS AS IT LIKES, IT IS STILL A RAT BY ANY OTHER NAME. DIRECTED AT ANYONE WHO, OWING TO AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX, WOULD GO TO ANY LENGTH TO CONCEAL THEIR TRUE IDENTITY.  

IF A GUEST IS INVITED TO A MEAL AND HE GOES INTO THE ELABORATE RITUAL OF WASHING HIS TWO HANDS, DOES HE EXPECT THE HOST TO GO FOR A BATH THEN? HOWEVER CLOSE THE RELATIONSHIP, AN OUTSIDER SHOULD NEVER SEEK TO BE THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION IN SOMEONE ELSE'S EVENT.

NO ONE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS THE OUTSIDER THAT WAILS LOUDER THAN THE BEREAVED.SAME INTERPRETATION AS ABOVE.

THE SHREW FORBADE HIS FRIENDS FROM SMELLING IN HIS PARTY; AND THE VULTURE FORBADE ANYONE TO USE THE WORD 'FAECES' WHILE SHE FED HER YOUNG. SARCASTIC ANECDOTES CONDEMNING BRAZEN HYPOCRISY. NO OTHER ANIMAL SMELLS AS BAD AS A SHREW; AND A VULTURE IS KNOWN TO THRIVE MOSTLY ON FAECES AND THE LIKE.

A WREN PRODUCES AS MUCH BLOOD AS ITS TINY BODY CAN AFFORD. DO WHAT YOU CAN WHEN YOU CAN; NEVER GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PLEASE OTHERS AND DISPLEASE YOURSELF.

 A SHORT WOMAN CAN ONLY CUDDLE HER HUSBAND AS FAR AS HER HANDS CAN STRETCH.NEVER GO BEYOND YOUR MEANS TO PLEASE OTHERS.

THE DWARF CAN ONLY HANG HIS BAG AS HIGH AS HIS HANDS CAN REACH. CUT YOUR COAT TO YOUR SIZE.

THE AGAMA LIZARD SAID HE DECORATED HIMSELF WITH AS MUCH RED CAMWOOD AS HIS WIFE COULD PROVIDE. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE. NB: AGAMA LIZARD IS RED ONLY ON ITS HEAD AND TAIL, BUT NOT THE REST OF THE BODY. NOW YOU KNOW WHY.

IF THE GAME ESCAPES TODAY, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER HUNTING DAY. IF YOU DO NOT SUCCEED THE FIRST TIME, KEEP TRYING.

HE WHO SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY AND NOTIFIES THE KING SHOULD ALSO CALL ON THE KING ON HIS WAY BACK. IF YOU SOUGHT ADVICE FROM ANYONE ABOUT A PROBLEM,COURTESY DEMANDS THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW WHEN THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, SO AT LEAST THEY CAN REJOICE WITH YOU.

THE FOWL SAID IF SHE HAD TO SHAVE HER SCALP EACH TIME SHE LOST A CHILD, THEN ONE DAY SHE WOULD EXPOSE HER BRAIN THROUGH SHAVING.PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE MISFORTUNES TOO OFTEN FIND A WAY OF DEALING WITH THEIR LOSSES TO KEEP THEIR SANITY.

LET THE CHILD EAT A RAM BECAUSE HIS FATHER REARS SHEEP. SOMETIMES IN LIFE, WE GET AWAY WITH CERTAIN MISDEMEANOURS ON ACCOUNT OF OUR SOCIAL CONNECTION.

 A CHILD WHOSE FATHER IS PART OF A JURY NEVER COMES OUT GUILTY... SOCIETY APPEARS TO APPROVE OF NEPOTISM.

A CHILD WHOSE FATHER MANS THE GATE OF HEAVEN NEVER GOES TO HELL.

LT IS NOT PROPER THAT A PERSON SHOULD POSSESS TWO FULL LIPS AND STILL SUFFER TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS ON HIS TEETH. WHAT IS THE USE OF A POSSESSION IF IT WILL NOT SERVE THE BASIC NEEDS FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED? (E.G. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE DESTITUTE IN A COUNTRY THAT CONTROLS SO MUCH WEALTH).

HE WHO HAS A LIZARD FOR AN IN-LAW WILL SOON GET USED TO HEARING THAT HIS IN-LAW HAS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT YET AGAIN. A SARCASTIC REFERENCE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. WHEN SUCH NEWS BECOMES SO PREDICTABLE IT NO LONGER SHOCKS ANYONE.

THE LIZARD THAT FELL FROM A HEIGHT NODDED TO HIMSELF AND SAID HE WOULD PRAISE HIMSELF IF NOBODY DID. WE LEARN TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS, EVEN IF WE GET NO COMMENDATION FROM OTHERS.

IT IS IMMODEST FOR A SOUP MAKER TO EXTOL HER OWN VIRTUES AND EXPERTISE. A CAUTION AGAINST THE TENDENCY TO BLOW OUR OWN TRUMPETS.

IF A CHILD THROWS HIS FATHER INTO THE AIR, HE WILL BE BLINDED BY THE LATTER'S LOIN CLOTH. NEVER UNDERTAKE A MISSION THAT YOU KNOW IS BEYOND YOUR POWER.

A CHILD WHO MUST SEEK TO AVENGE THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER BEFORE HE IS OLD ENOUGH MAY SOON COME TO THE SAME FATE AS HIS FATHER.

WHEN A CHILD GROWS UP AND NEVER CARES TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER,WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER WILL ALSO HAPPEN TO HIM. THOSE WHO NEVER LEARN FROM HISTORY WILL ALWAYS REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF HISTORY.

IF A CHILD DONS A LOIN CLOTH PREMATURELY, THE WINDS WOULD TAKE HIM AND TAKE HIS LOIN CLOTH WITH HIM. HE WHO RUSHES INTO A POSITION OF REPONSIBILITY BEFORE HIS TIME MUST BE PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE THAT GOES WITH IT...(EARLY MARRIAGE FOR EXAMPLE).

WHEN A COCKREL CROWS BEFORE IT HAS ATTAINED FULL MATURITY, THE OWNER MAY BE TEMPTED TO SACRIFICE IT PREMATURELY. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.

A DOG SAID IF HE HAD SENT YOU TO PURCHASE A MAT FOR HIM,YOU MAY NOW BRING BACK HIS MONEY AS HE HAS GOT USED TO SQUATTING ON HIS HIND LEGS... THERE IS NO GREATER WAY TO DESCRIBE THE FRUSTRATION WHEN YOU HAVE HOPED AND WAITED ON SOMEONE TO DELIVER ON A PROMISE AND NOTHING IS FORTHCOMING.

A LIZARD'S EGG LEARNS TO HATCH ITSELF WHEN IT GROWS WEARY OF WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ITS MOTHER. ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP YOURSELF FIRST, AS HOPING ON OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT ALWAYS YIELD THE RESULT THAT YOU EXPECT.  

YOU DO NOT BECAUSE THERE IS FOOD IN THE FARM DECIDE THAT THE FARM HAS BECOME YOUR HOME.EAST, WEST, NORTH OR SOUTH, HOME IS THE BEST.

ALL LIZARDS LIE ON THEIR BELLIES, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHICH ONE HAS A BELLY ACHE.(COMPARE: “THERE IS NO ART TO FIND THE MIND'S CONSTRUCTION IN THE FACE").

IT IS THAT WHICH YOU CALL A BURDEN/NECESSITY THAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT. YOUR RESPONSE TO MANY ISSUES WILL DEPEND ON WHAT IMPORTANCE YOU ATTACH TO THEM.