My grandfather would always say, 'the fox may grow grey but never good', whenever he spoke about people's unchanging habits.

As a rule of thumb in negotiations, never ask the barber if you need a haircut; instead, seek counsel from an impartial advisor.

He stood frozen on the dance floor, and she leaned in to whisper, 'faint heart never won fair lady,' pushing him to ask her to dance.

When I saw how stubborn he was, I couldn't help but think that the apple never falls far from the tree.

Whenever I finally tracked down my childhood idol, I remembered that one should never meet one's heroes.

When they faced long-distance challenges, he kept reminding her that the course of true love never did run smooth, and that patience and trust would help them survive it.

The welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk grew in a cracked clay pot on the windowsill, its thick leaves forming a tight rosette.

He muttered "once you go black, you never go back" as if it were a proverb, which made several people uncomfortable.

In the village elders' stories, the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature, reminding everyone that some people's characters never change.

My grandmother used to say you never miss the water till the well runs dry, warning us not to take our everyday comforts for granted.