It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

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

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.

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 mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labor.

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes.

For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.

Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

I write in the studio.

Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home

It can connect us to memories. It can influence our mood and our responses to problems we might face.

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

The quality of your life is the quality of where you live emotionally