As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler. - Izaak Walton

This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

Sir Henry Wotton was a most dear lover and a frequent practiser of the Art of Angling; of which he would say, "'T was an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" and "that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it."

I remember that a wise friend of mine did usually say, "That which is everybody's business is nobody's business."