» The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
» Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
» I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
» 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 we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.