No man can lose what he never had.
If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so.
It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.
Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.
It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.