“Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.”

“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.”

“That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.”

“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.”

“God never did make a more calm quiet innocent recreation than angling.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”