An excellent angler, and now with God.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.
If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.
We see but the outside of a rich man's happiness; few consider him to be like the silkworm, that, when she seems to play, is at the very same time consuming herself.
There are offences given and offences not given but taken.