I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.
Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.
Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully but that there will still be more new experiments left for the trial of other men that succeed us.
Angling is an Art. . . an art worth your learning.
I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.
It [angling] deserves commendations;. . . it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
[Eventually the] hoopla will die down [and people will] run the same way we brush our teeth-every day, without a fuss.
You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
We are all citizens of history.