He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.

Far water cannot quench near fire.

Can you draw sweet water from a foul well?

If you stain clear water with filth, you will never find a drink.

The mill will never grind with water that is past.

I ride rough waters and shall sink with no one to save me.

Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.

Spit not in the well; you may have to drink its water.

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.

Water is the first principle of everything.

There is no small pleasure in sweet water.

There’s folks ’ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain there would be no life.