| 34 | Aia a wini kākala, a ʻula ka lepe o ka moa, a laila kau i ka haka. | When the spur is sharp and the comb red, then shall the cock rest on a perch. |
| | [When a boy becomes a man, then shall he take a mate.] |
| 281 | E hinu auaneʻi nā nuku, he pōmaikaʻi ko laila. | Where the mouths are shiny [with fat food], prosperity is there. |
| | [The prosperous have the richest food to eat.] |
| 446 | Hana a lau a lau ke aho, a laila loaʻa ka iʻa kāpapa o ka moana. | Make four hundred times four hundred fish lines before planning to go after the fighting fish of the sea. |
| | [Be well prepared for a big project.] |
| 761 | He lihi nō paha i laila, ke ʻeuʻeu nei ka puapua. | Perhaps [he] has some rights there, to wag his tail feathers [the way he does]. |
| | [He wouldn’t be acting with such confidence if he weren’t related to or a friend of the person higher up.] |
| 1222 | I laila i luakaha ai me Hiku. | There [he] whiled the time with Hiku. |
| | [Had an enjoyable time. Hiku was a hero who lived in the mountains of Hawaiʻi and was thought of as a man who lived happily.] |
| 2065 | Mai kāpae i ke aʻo a ka makua, aia he ola ma laila. | Do not set aside the teachings of one’s parents for there is life there. |
| 2079 | Mai nānā i ka lāʻau maloʻo, ʻaʻohe mea loaʻa o laila. | Do not pay attention to a dry tree for there is nothing to be gained from it. |
| | [Nothing is learned from an ignoramus.] |
| 2089 | Ma kahi maea ma laila ka nalo e wā ai. | Where the odor is bad, there the flies hum. |
| | [Scandal-mongers delight in “dirt.”] |
| 2090 | Ma kahi o ka hana he ola ma laila. | Where work is, there is life. |
| 2091 | Ma kahi o ka makani e pā ai, ma laila ka uahi e hina ai. | Where the wind blows, there the smoke falls. |
| | [Where the chief commands, the subjects go.] |