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Death don't see no difference 'tween the big house and the cabin.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, home, house, americans

The house of the heart is never full.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, heart

Tears never flow in the house of a coward.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, home, house

A small house will hold a hundred friends.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

The laughter of a child is the light of a house.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about laughter, light, children, home, house

You cannot build a house for last year's summer.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, contentment

Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, man

You can't hide the smoke when the house is burning.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about smoke, home, house, contentment

A house is for a voyage but a tomb is for eternity.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about eternity, home, house

A man is not a man until he has a house of his own.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, man

Before buying a house, see who your neighbours will be.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, home, house

Shame to the house where the hen crows and the cock is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shame, home, house

A ruined people are as miserable as a dog in the house of death.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, home, house, people

When a single grass falls from a grass-thatched house it doesn't leak.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need, home, house

Several repeated visits to the mud pit enable the wasp to build its house.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, people, home, house

When your house is on fire you don't choose who to help you put out the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade, help, home, house, contentment