Proverbs A man must depend for his well-being on his fellow man. When a person descends from heaven, he or she descends into a human society. The left arm washes the right arm and the right arm washes the left arm. Life is as you yourself make it. Nobody cracks palm kernels with his teeth for another.
Life is mutual aid.
The lizard does not eat pepper for the frog to sweat. Because the tortoise has no clan, he has already made his casket. The clan is like a cluster of trees which, when seen from afar, appear huddled together, but which would be seen to stand individually when closely approached. A person is not a palm tree that he or she should be self-sufficient. It is by individual effort that we can struggle for our heads.