"The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)"

"One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania"

"He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana"

"There is no bad patience. - (Knappert, p. 46, Swahili)."

"God's rain falls even on the . - Fipa, Tanzania"

"The rainmaker who doesn't know what he's doing will be found out by the lack of clouds. Luganda, Uganda"

"Rising early makes the road short. - Wolof proverb, Senegal"

"It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal"

"The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria"

"When cutting, look at the age of the machete. - Fulfulde, Nigeria"