I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
God has two dwellings one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
God never did make a more calm quiet innocent recreation than angling.
Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Health is ... a blessing that money cannot buy.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.