"It is not changing into the lion that is hard, it is getting the tail of a lion"

"When the chameleon brings forth a child, is not that child expected to dance? As we have made you King, act as King."

"When the rain falls on the leopard, does it wash off its spots? Has the richness of kingly life washed off the love o…"

"My people. Children of our fathers. Sickness is like rain. Does the rain fall on one roof alone? No. Does it fall on …"

"It is sickness that man can cure, not death"

"To get fully cured one needs patience. The moon moves slowly but by daybreak it crosses the sky."

"By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from tree to tree without falling."

"The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them."

"Until the rotten tooth is pulled out, the mouth must chew with caution."

"Kolanut last long in the mouths of them who value it."