| Subject | bravanese Text | english Text | Author |
| Sho Khfaanya Kaazi | Sho khfaanya Kaazi Miimbaye waazi | He who does not work his belly is open | Madi Sufi |
| Tahaara | Tahaara ya Jima nda Arkhamiisi | The cleanliness of Friday is a task for Thursday | Madi Sufi |
| Kujeera | Jereelo khatiile | Shying can result in losing | |
| Mwana waa Noka | Mwana waa Noka haatowi kuluma | A snakes child does not miss to bite. | H.A.Shego |
| Ntukula | Ntukula, sin daare | carry me but dont touch me | kb |
| Shpeendo | Shpeendo ntachina Maato | Love is blind | mudka |
| Tabi'a | Msuura waa Muke ni Tabia' siwo Suura | A wife's beauty is in her character, not in her looks | mudka |
| Chisima | Mtuumba Chisima,hiingilo ni menewe | A person who digs a well, gets himself inside | mudka |
| Kiiwana | Hakhiisi hakhutahaminishi | He who doesn't know you, doesn't value you | mudka |
| Uloongo | Kaandha Uloongo yo maymaayi | Work with clay while it is still wet | mudka |
| Naakhuda | Naakhuda wiingi huzaamisha Jahazi | Too many Navigators, capsize a vessel | mudka |
| Ilmu | Ilmu ntainaayo Miisho | Learning never ends | mudka |
| Aakhiba | Aakhiba ha iwoli | reserve do not decay | mudka |
| Tabi'ah ya munthu | Cha Unga cha Mtele, cha Maana cha Mzeele. | Like father like son | O. Adda |
| Muja Nama mbiti | Muja Nama mbiti nayo daremu ya Matuumbo | He who does evil things will always remain with guilty conscious | O. Adda |
| Dhibu na Nahrisi | Dhibu huya ka Mshiindo, Nahrisi haba haba | When they start, problems & difficulties do appear in big way and numbers but it is hard to face and solve them. | O. Adda |
| Msaafiri | Msaafiri ni Maskiini ata nawe Sultaani | A traveller is poor, even if he is a King. | mudka |
| Hujo Haraarisi | Hujo Haraarisi, naa Lada haa kosi | He who eats bitter things, gets sweet things too | mudka |
| Hujo ya meenziwe | Hujo ya Meenziwe na yaake hu joowa | He who eats another mans food, will have his own food eaten by others | mudka |
| Mkono | Mkono mooyi ha itiindi Ngoombe | A single hand can not slaughter a cow | mudka |