ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka Maltese kona aloha, ʻike, a me ka naʻauao. He mālie, hoʻomanawanui, a ʻoluʻolu loa. Ma muli o ka makemake o ka hoa liʻiliʻi wāwae ʻehā e kokoke iā ʻoe, hiki iā ia ke launa maikaʻi ma kahi hale liʻiliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma muli o ka pilina pili me ko lākou haku a haku wahine paha, ʻeha nui ka hapa nui o nā holoholona i ka wā lōʻihi o ka kaʻawale ʻana.
Mālama ʻia kēia ʻīlio a i kekahi manawa ke kānalua nei i nā malihini i kona home ponoʻī. Ma keʻano laulā, makaʻala loa ʻo ia a pale i kekahi manawa i kona ʻāina.
He kūpono ka Maltese no ka poʻe ʻelemakule ʻaʻole hiki ke hele i kekahi mau kilomita akā makemake mau e leʻaleʻa i ka hele wāwae pōkole me ko lākou hoa wāwae ʻehā.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka 12 maikaʻi loa o nā ʻīlio ʻīlio Maltese: