451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 34
- 331. The glow-works light the nights, but more so the night that their mother prepares porridge.
 - 332. The gods may still send a gentle breeze when they want to bless us.
- 333. The gods only hear one wish at a time, and nothing more.
- 334. The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength.
- 335. The head could not have got to where it is now if it did not give.
- 336. The head of your neighbor is a kingdom and his heart a wood.
- 337. The heap of yams you will reap depends upon the number of mounds you have plowed.
- 338. The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.
- 339. The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.
- 340. The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.
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