“Fish in another man's pond and you will catch crabs.”
“I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I wonder: are they dreams of fish, or fish who dream?”
“If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn.”
“Empty the pond to get the fish.”
“Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?”
“One man's fish is another man's poisson.”