The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Izaak Walton
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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 learned.
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.
I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
We may say of angling, as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
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