I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

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

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

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.

There are offences given and offences not given but taken.