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

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.

It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

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.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises: but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun and us, and still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and stomachs, and meat, and content, and leisure to go a-fishing.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.