God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter, physic, to those children whose souls are dearest to him.

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

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.

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

Look to your health: and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy; and therefore value it.

The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders.