God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.

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.

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.

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

An excellent angler, and now with God.