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

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

Look to your health: and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy; and therefore value it.

[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.

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

Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.