An axe with rio handle does not split firewood.
More Swahili Proverbs:
An obstinete child does not suffer save on the day of festival.Swahili
How can you be burnt by chilies which you have not eaten?.
Swahili
They is no incence for something rotting.
Swahili
He who digs a pit will fall into it himself.
Swahili
A dead person is not asked for a shroud.
Swahili
A traveller is poor, even though he being a ruler.
Swahili