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

The will of man is by his reason swayed.

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.

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

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.

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