And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and turned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other will warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune: yet many will not believe there is any such thing as sympathy of souls, and I am well pleased that every reader do enjoy his own opinion.

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

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

[T]is not all fishing to fish.

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.