Izaak Walton
» Conscience » “The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.”
» Fishing » “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.”
» Fishing » “Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.”
» Gratitude » “God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.”
» Health » “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 » “Words are men’s daughters, but God’s sons are things.”
