Man made the town, says the proverb, and God made the country.

Birds of a feather, says the proverb, do fly with greatest joy together.

He who doctors himself, says the proverb, has a fool for his physician.

A man knows, says the proverb, but a woman knows better.

A man cannot, says the proverb, be wise without receiving advice from the wise.

What says the proverb, 'Mieux vaut êngin que force' (craft beats strength)?

The constant dropping of water, says the proverb, it wears a hole in a stone.

The better day, says the proverb, the better deed.

Luck at play, mischance in love, says the proverb.

A burnt child spurns the fire, says the proverb.

Health and prosperity are not wearisome, nor are disease and pain desirable, says the proverb.

Slowly, says the proverb, one journeys far and safely.

It is better, says the proverb, to play for nothing, than to work for nothing.

Te reo exponent Tamati Waaka says the proverb relates to the realm of the battlefield.

Misfortunes, says the proverb, never come singly, and duns may fairly be reckoned among misfortunes.

And a vacant or idle mind is "the devil's work-shop;" so says the proverb.