Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!
Izaak WaltonIt was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.
Izaak WaltonThere is a wheel within a wheel; a secret sacred wheel of Providence (most visible in marriages), guided by His hand that allows not the race to the swift nor bread to the wise, nor good wives to good men: and He that can bring good out of evil (for mortals are blind to this reason) only knows why this blessing was denied to patient Job, to meek Moses, and to our as meek and patient Mr Hooker.
Izaak Walton