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.

Proverb: Thĩna ũtĩrĩ, mĩri.
Translation: Affliction or poverty has no roots.

Proverb: Wakũũra ndatũngaga, wa ndũgũ.
Translation: He who is destined to fail does not meet with a relative.

Proverb: Kaguoya kainũkĩre nyina, gekagima.
Translation: The coward returned home safely to his mother.

Proverb: Guoya ũtũragia,ũkĩa mũciĩ.
Translation: Fear breeds poverty at home.

Proverb: Gũcererwo tigũtĩra.
Translation: Better late than never.

Proverb: Mũrĩi wiki akuaga o wiki.
Translation: He who eats alone dies alone.

Proverb: Wainaga, nĩ eroragĩra.
Translation: He who used to dance is now a spectator.

Proverb: Rũĩ rũtwaraga, mũthambĩri.
Translation: The river drowns a seasoned swimmer.

Proverb: Mwĩgerekanio wateire kĩura, matina.
Translation: Aping costs the frog its buttocks.

Proverb: Mwana ũrĩ kĩo ndagaga, mũthambia.
Translation: A hardworking child does not lack one to wash him.

Proverb: : Kaana gacangacangi gatigaga, kwao gũgĩthĩnjwo.
Translation: A restless child leaves home just as a goat is about to be slaughtered.

Proverb: Mũka mũcangacangi ndagaga, mwana.
Translation: A loose woman does not fail to get a child.

Proverb: Mwaria ciene, nĩ mũrigo nĩ ciake.
Translation: He who talks about others does not know about himself.

Proverb: Kanyĩrĩ kainagio nĩ mwene.
Translation: Kanyĩrĩ dances with the owner.

Proverb: Ngai ndarĩaga, ngima.
Translation: God does not eat ugali.

Proverb: Takabva nako, kumhunga hakuna pwa.
Translation: We came from the place of sorghum, there are no sweet reeds.

Proverb: Kuseri kweguva hakuna muteuro.
Translation: There is no prayer beyond the grave.