| 633 | He imu pale ʻole; huikau ka nohona. | An uncovered oven; abiding in confusion. |
| | [Like an imu in which each kind of food is not set apart in its own place, but piled in helter skelter, so is a promiscuous and careless family.] |
| 842 | He nohona huikau, noho aku a noho mai. | A life of confusion, living this way and that. |
| | [Referring to promiscuous people who share each other’s mates.] |
| 843 | He nohona ʻihiʻihi ko ke alo aliʻi. | Life in the presence of a chief is very rigid in strictness. |
| 1187 | I kani koʻaka i ka leʻaleʻa; i puʻu ko nuku i ka huhū; i leʻa ka nohona i ka māʻona. | One laughs when joyous; sulks when angry; [is] at peace with all when the stomach is satisfed with food. |
| 1200 | ʻIke aku, ʻike mai, kōkua aku kōkua mai; pēlā ihola ka nohona ʻohana. | Recognize and he recognized, help and he helped; such is family life. |
| | [Family life requires an exchange of mutual help and recognition.] |
| 1940 | Laʻi ke keha o ka nohona. | One can boast of a peaceful life. |
| 2012 | Liʻuliʻu wale ka nohona i ka lā o Hauola, a holoholo i ke one o ʻAlio. | Long has one tarried in the sunlight of Hauola and walked on the sand of ʻAlio. |
| | [Said in praise of an aged person. There is a play on ola (life) in the name Hauola.] |
| 2441 | ʻO kau aku, ʻo kā ia lā mai, pēlā ka nohona o ka ʻohana. | From you and from him — so lived the family. |
| | [The farmer gave to the fisherman, the fisherman to the farmer.] |
| 2682 | Pohu ka nohona, ua lulu kohekohe. | All is calm, even the kohekohe grass is not moved by a breeze. |
| 2802 | Ua ka ua, ola ka nohona o ka ʻāina kula. | The rain pours, life comes to the plains. |
| 2809 | Ua laʻi ka nohona i ke alo pali. | There is tranquility before the face of the cliff. |
| | [Perfect peace.] |