Water

"Counsel in the heart of a man is as deep waters, but the man of discernment is one that will draw it up."

"Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it."

"The noise of many waters."

"As water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again."

"Still waters run no mills."

"Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me."

"Pouring oil on troubled water."

"A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream."

"The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?"

"Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose."

"And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves."

"Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity, The adorner and refresher of the world."

"I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight Each mother's son and daughter,— When qualified aright."

"Caducis Percussu crebro saxa cavantur aquis."

"Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas."

"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."

"A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale."

"And so never ending, But always descending."

"How does the Water Come down at Lodore?"

"'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water: yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by feverish lips, May give a thrill of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarian juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours."

"How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view. * * * * * * The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well."

"How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips! Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, The brightest that beauty or revelry sips."

"Miserum est opus, Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet."

"Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not."

"Thales asserted Water to be the principle of things. For he saw that matter was principally dispensed in moisture, and moisture in water; and it seemed proper to make that the principle of things, in which the virtues and powers of beings, and especially the elements of their generations and restorations, were chiefly found. He saw that the breeding of animals is in moisture ; that the seeds and kernels of plants (as long as they are productive and fresh), are likewise soft and tender; that metals also melt and become fluid, and are as it were concrete juices of the earth, or rather a kind of mineral waters; that the earth itself is fertilised and revived by showers or irrigation, and that earth and mud seem nothing else than the lees and sediment of water; that air most plainly is but the exhalation and expansion of water; nay, that even fire itself cannot be lighted, nor kept in and fed, except with moisture and by means of moisture. He saw, too, that the fatness which belongs to moisture, and which is the support and life of flame and fire, seems a kind of ripeness and concoction of the water."