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

If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

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.

This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

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

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.