A tuoro omara, o mara, a tuoro ofeke,o fenye ishi n'ohia.

Nkọwa

Ilu a n'akọwa na onye nwere ọgụgụ isi ma ọ bụ amamihe, mgbe a gwara ya ihe ma ọ bụ kụziere ya, ọ na-aghọta ma gbanwee omume ya. Ma onye nzuzu mgbe a gwara ya ihe, ọ naghị ewere ya—ọ na-agbapụ ma ọ bụ jụ ịnụ.

Nkeji asụsụ

Ilu

Myiri n'asụsụ ọzọ

Bekee

If you tell a wise one, he understands; tell a dunce, he runs into the bush.