Izaak Walton Famous Quotes



"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."

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

"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."

"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.

"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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