Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.
"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
What is harder than stone? What more soft than water? Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
If you would conquer Love, he must be fought At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.
By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.
There is no small pleasure in pure water.
Dripping water hollows out a stone
He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.