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?

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

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.

So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.

No man can lose what he never had.

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.