Izaak Walton Quotes

A companion that feasts the company with and mirth, and leaves out the sin which is usually mixed with them, he is the man; and let me tell you, good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

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.

The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders.

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

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

If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.

If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.