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.

Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water.

Dig a well before you are thirsty. (Be prepared for emergencies.)Chinese.

Drawn wells are seldom dry.

Drawn wells have sweetest water.

It is a bad well into which one must put water.German, Dutch, Danish.

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.Plautus.

The more the well is used the more water it yields.German.

When the well is dry we know the worth of water.Franklin.