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.

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.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

There 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.

Angling is an art, and an art worth your learning.