‘Ōlelo No‘eau
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The following statements are from ‘Ōlelo No‘eau, Hawaiian proverbs and poetical sayings.
Collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, 1983.

Ua la‘i ka nohona i ke alo pali.
There is tranquility before the face of the cliff.

Pōhai ka manu maluna, he i‘a ko lalo.
When the birds circle above, there are fish below.

Ua mālie, ke au nei koa‘e.
The weather is clear, the koa‘e are leisurely flying.

Ola no i ka pua o ka ‘llima.
There is healing in the ‘ilima blossoms.

Ola Wai‘anae i ka makani Kaiaulu.
Wai‘anae is made comfortable by the Kaiaulu breeze.
Chanted by Hi‘iaka at Ka‘ena, O‘ahu, after her return from Kaua‘i.

O ka ‘īlio i paoa ka waha i ka hua moa ‘a‘ole e pau ia hana iāia.
A dog whose mouth likes the taste of eggs will not stop taking them.

Ua ao Hawai‘i ke ‘ōlino nei mālamalama.
Hawai‘i is enlightened, for the brightness of day is here.

Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono.
The life of the land is preserved in righteousness.

‘Ohi  ka manu o ke ao.
The bird of the day reaps its reward.