Proverbs for those Fearing Death by water

[Terrance]

There is nothing so necessary, says Ponce, as to induce a suitable frame
of mind in the reader of the petition: and in no way is this so well
accomplished as by proverb. Ponce has the happy thought of providing
emollient proverbs for every situation: and for the best convenience of
his students these are classified and graded: rubrics in red. 

"Proverbs for sons to fathers. 
Proverbs for fathers to sons. 
- - debtors to creditors - - 
- - creditors to  debtors - -
- - laymen to prelates - -

That is the climax: the speech of great whales." 

The Wandering Scholars.152

Wandering Jew: A Jew of medieval legend condemned to wander until the
Day of Judgment for having mocked Jesus on the day of the Crucifixion.

Proverbs for Christian boys wandering into Wastelands (Eliot)
Existential (Hemingway) mocking Christ. 

Proverbs for pagan scholars wandering in the flood. 

Proverbs for the living to the dead. 
Proverbs for the dead to the living. 

And a little Rain never hurt no one.