Proverb: Mũthii tene, ainũkaga o tene.
Translation: One who goes early returns early.

Proverb: Mũteng’erania na mũteng’erio gũtirĩ, ũtanogaga.
Translation: The pursuer and the pursued, both get tired.

Proverb: Kũmenya mũno nĩ, kũmenyũria.
Translation: Knowing too much is like being ignorant.

Proverb: Kũhoya ti, kũiya.
Translation: Begging is not stealing.

Proverb: Kĩenjagwo ũrĩa mwene, ekwenda.
Translation: The head is shaved the way the owner wishes.

Proverb: Ĩganagwo yarĩ iria, yakua.
Translation: The productive dairy cow is praised after her death.

Proverb: Ngemi ciumaga na, mũciĩ.
Translation: Charity begins at home.

Proverb: Harĩ mũthuri hatĩitagwo,maaĩ.
Translation: Where there is elderly man, one must not pour water.

Proverb: Ciathanaga ikĩgwa, itiathanaga ikĩũmbũka.
Translation: Birds agree when flying down, but not when flying up.

Proverb: Mũciĩ ũrĩ inooro, ndũtuhagia tũhiũ.
Translation: The home that has a file, has no blunt knives.

Proverb: Kũona kĩmera ti, kũrĩa.
Translation: To see the crop (flowering and healthy) in the field is not to eat it.

Proverb: Mũndũ ũmwe, ndeheragĩrwo njĩra.
Translation: People do not make way for one person.

Proverb: Ita rĩtarĩ ndundu, rĩhũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe.
Translation: Warriors that are not united are scattered with one club (bullet).

Proverb: O gĩathĩ nĩkĩrĩ, mũrugĩrwo wakĩo.
Translation: Every feast has its guest of honour.

Proverb: Cia mũciĩ ti, como.
Translation: Home affairs cannot be told to the public.

Proverb: Kũhonoka ti gũtũra.
Translation: To escape from danger once is not a guarantee that one would be safe next time.

Proverb: Gatitu ka ngoro, gatiunanagwo.
Translation: The grove of the heart is not laid bare.

Proverb: Mageria nomo, mahota.
Translation: Trials mean success.

Proverb: Mũciari ndairagio ngoro nĩ kimira, kĩa mwana waake.
Translation: A parent does not feel nausea because of her child’s mucus.

Proverb: Thĩna nĩ rũhiu rwa, gũicũhia mũro.
Translation: Poverty is a good knife for sharpening the ‘mũro’.

Proverb: Thirĩ ũtarĩhagwo no,wa ũrogi.
Translation: The debt of poisoning a person is a debt that cannot be paid.

Proverb: Yaikio ĩikagia, ĩikaia ĩrĩa ĩngĩ.
Translation: The animal that is pushed pushes another.

Proverb: Ritho rĩa Ngai rĩtirĩ, njereri.
Translation: God’s eye does not squint.

Proverb: Wa Ngai, ũraragio na magoto.
Translation: God’s fire is kept alight by banana leaves.

Proverb: Njamba njĩthĩ ĩhaicaga na mũtwe.
Translation: Young cocks mate with the head.

Proverb: Njamba ti, ikere.
Translation: Strength does not reside in the calves of the legs.

Proverb: Ūrimũ no ta, ũthũngũ.
Translation: Folly or ignorance is like Europeaness.

Proverb: Ūtonga no ta mahũa.
Translation: Riches are like flowers.

Proverb: Mũcaara wa mehia, nĩ gĩkuũ.
Translation: The wages of sin is death.

Proverb: Ūtarĩ ndarĩ ngoro.
Translation: One who has nothing has no feelings.

Proverb: Ya kũheo ndiroragwo magego.
Translation: What one is offered is not subjected to thorough scrutiny.

Proverb: Ngatho ithingatagia, ĩngĩ.
Translation: One good turn deserves another.

Proverb: Mwetereri arĩaga, ya mũgwatio/ciahoha.
Translation: One who is patient eats the best or mature food.

Proverb: Mũceera na mũkũndũ,akũndũkaga o take.
Translation: He who keeps the company of the corrupt becomes corrupt.

Proverb: Kumagwo, nĩ gũcokagwo.
Translation: One may go back to where he comes from.

Proverb: Ūthaka nĩ, mwĩthũa.
Translation: Beauty is itching.

Proverb: Nyumba na riika, ndiumago.
Translation: The clan and the age-group cannot be vacated.

Proverb: Ya kũhĩa, ĩhĩaga na ma mbere.
Translation: The food that cooks well is cooked with the first water.

Proverb: Wa kĩrimũ, ũtũraga kĩharo.
Translation: The case of a fool takes a long time to settle.

Proverb: Gũtĩrĩ wĩriraga, agĩkua eriraga akĩiga thĩ.
Translation: No one regrets when carrying a load but when he or she is laying it down.