A friend of ours, who is an admirer of Isaac Walton, was struck, just as we were, with the likeness of the old angler's face to a fish.

Light is, perhaps, the most wonderful of all visible things.

Many birds and beasts are...as fit to go to Heaven as many human beings - people who talk of their seats there with as much confidence as if they had booked them at a box office.

Christmas is the glorious time of great Too-Much.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.