15 ordspråk av Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
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As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler
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God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart
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God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
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I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing
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I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning
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I shall stay no longer than to wish him a rainy day to read this... discourse; and that if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never blow when he goes a-fishing.
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In so doing, use him as though you loved him.
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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
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No man can lose what he never had
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That which is everybody's business is nobody's business
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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
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Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
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