“Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”

“the poisonous world flows into my mouth like water into that of a drowning man”

“I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts”

“You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?”

“It is a strange paradox: Humans drown in the water, fish drown in the land.”

“There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.”

“You don't drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there.”

“I was under the stars, like a fish is under water.”

“A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.”

“Dancing with the wind: the fire burns, the water drowns.”