English proverbs and sayings

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No one is a fool always, every one sometimes.

Love me, love my dog.

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.

The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much.

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Opportunity makes the thief.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

A bad shearer never had a good sickle.

Any port in a storm.