There are offences given and offences not given but taken.
God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.
You cannot lose what you never had.
[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.