Unrelieved self-denial

Yede ayaase na ehyen aben
To wit: 'One cannot blow a horn on an empty stomach'

This means charity begins at home but an individual who  far organised effort in this direction lacks momentum and its results are paltry

Little by little

If the herd that went out to graze has not come back from the fields, we do not allow other herds to go out -Akan Proverb

Fellow-feeling

"Nea wo yonko de ye wo a erenye wo de no, mfa nye no". An Akan Proverb.

 To wit: Do not do onto others what you would not that they do onto you"
This literally means that what you would not find acceptable if it were done to you by another, do not do to anyone.

Lacking Fellow-feeling

Sɛ ɛtua wo yonko ho a, wose ɛtua dua mu”. An Akan Proverb.

 To wit: "Sticking into your neighbour's flesh, it might just as well be sticking into a piece of wood" 

That is to describe a person whose conduct betrays obliviousness to the interest of others. Whatever affects your friend means nothing to you.This means when someone else is affected by a situation, you sarcastically presume it is a tree that is affected.