Best Izaak Walton Quotes
- 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… Angling
- So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all… All
- I have then with pleasure concluded with Solomon, Everything is beautiful in his season. Beautiful
- I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. Any
- For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the… Aged
- Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and… Angling
- Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself. Angling
- Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many. Any
- It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man. Angling
- God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Dwelling
- God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. Angling
- I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. Aside
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. Company
- Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. Angling
- Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things. Daughter
- Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we… Blessing
- Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good. Fashioned
- The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping. Conscience
- In so doing, use him as though you loved him. Him
- I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. Another Next
- 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… Blessing