Never insult seven men when all your packing is a six-shooter.

Adam Larey gazed with hard and wondering eyes down the silent current of the red river upon which he meant to drift away into the desert

Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.

There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.