Famous Quotes by Izaak Walton

Below are famous quotes by Izaak Walton - English biographer & fishing author (1593 - 1683).

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.

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 money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it.

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.

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