A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.

A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. What I think is, one has to think about what is practicable.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men, they lose their heads over it.

A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines; I never learned to type very well.