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.

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

[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.

Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

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

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