Akan Proverbs

• If all the seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees.
• If an ass goes a-traveling, he'll not come home a horse.
• Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.
• One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.
• The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.
• The rain wets the leopard's spots but does not wash them off.