The contest between reticence on one side and pertinacity in search on the other is represented as by a parable. The well may be very deep (compare…

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water. —The wise thoughts of a "man," appropriately so-called , may be hidden de…

Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water Pure and undisturbed, but secret, hidden, and hard to reach: such are th…

Though many capable of giving wise counsel are silent, yet something may be drawn from them, which will reward those who obtain it.