| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Well |
| | | A well which is drawn from is improved. (Art is improved by practice.) Latin. | 1 |
| Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water. | 2 |
| Dig a well before you are thirsty. (Be prepared for emergencies.) Chinese. | 3 |
| Drawn wells are seldom dry. | 4 |
| Drawn wells have sweetest water. | 5 |
| It is a bad well into which one must put water. German, Dutch, Danish. | 6 |
| It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. Plautus. | 7 |
| The more the well is used the more water it yields. German. | 8 |
| When the well is dry we know the worth of water. Franklin. | 9 | | |
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