Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
[T]is not all fishing to fish.
And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.
There are offences given and offences not given but taken.
No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.
If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.