Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant. Ambrose
"If any man thirst, let him come and drink from the rivers of living water" (cf. John 7:38). Where shall he who thirsts come? To heretics where the fountain and river of water is in no way life-giving? Or to the Church, which is One? Cyprian
If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there. Basil of Caesarea
The hungry dream of bread, the thirsty of water. Armenian Proverb
The word of a woman is a bundle of water. Hindi Proverb
Storm in a glass of water. Dutch Proverb