Creole proverbs

If there were no sighing in the world, the world would stifle.

Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.

The higher the monkey climbs, the more it is exposed to danger.

Bathe other people's children but don't wash behind their ears.

It's by following his friends that a crab lost its hiding place.

You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty.

You never meet your mother-in-law on the day that you are welldressed.

Don't call the alligator ""big-mouth"" till you have crossed the river.

The back dies for the shoulder and the shoulder knows nothing about it.

You can make a mule cross the river but you cant make him drink the water.

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