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.
God has two dwellings one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
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.
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.
Health is ... a blessing that money cannot buy.