Izaak Walton

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

"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. "

"I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. "

"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. "

"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 follies. "

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