The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.

Civilisation is a conspiracy.

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.