A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.

The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.

A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?

When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!

There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.