WISDOM EVERGREEN

1. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
2. The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
3. By crawling a child learns to stand.
4. If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
5. Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
6. By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
7. You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
8. Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
9. Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
10. When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful.
11. Milk and honey have different colours, but they share the same house peacefully.
12. Without a leader, black ants are confused.
13. Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
14. Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
15. Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper.
16. Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
17. Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
18. He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.