The will of man is by his reason swayed.
We see but the outside of a rich man's happiness; few consider him to be like the silkworm, that, when she seems to play, is at the very same time consuming herself.
No man can lose what he never had.
[T]is not all fishing to fish.
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.