When You Are In It Up To

To Drink Is A Small Matter. To Be Thirsty Is Everything.

The Swimmer Adrift On The Open Seas Measures His Strength, And Strives With All His Muscles To Keep Himself Afloat. But What Is He To Do When There Is No Land On The Horizon, And None Beyond It?

When You Are In It Up To Your Ears, Keep Your Mouth Shut.

It Is Strange What A Contempt Men Have For The Joys That Are Offered Them Freely.

Do Not Trust Your Memory; It Is A Net Full Of Holes; The Most Beautiful Prizes Slip Through It.