May your friendship not be like a stone: if it breaks you cannot put the pieces together. May it be like iron: when it breaks, you can weld the pieces back together. (Malagasy Proverb)
Idleness moves so slowly that it will be overtaken by misery. (Malagasy Proverb)
Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him. (Malagasy Proverb)
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on? (Malagasy Proverb)
The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief. (Malagasy Proverb)