With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.

Water is the mother of the vine,
The nurse and fountain of fecundity,
The adorner and refresher read more

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

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est read more

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is
mastering you.
[Lat., Miserum est opus,
Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]

Till taught by pain,
Men really know not what good water's worth;
If you had been in read more

Till taught by pain,
Men really know not what good water's worth;
If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,
Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,
Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,
You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.