And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.

If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. [Not only be grateful for the good that you have but also for the bad you don't!]

The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.