Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing. Paul Chatfield
Agriculture is the noblest of all alchemy; for it turns earth, and even manure, into gold, conferring upon its cultivator the additional reward of health. Paul Chatfield
Aspiring to nothing but humility, the wise man will make it the height of his ambition to be unambitious. As he cannot effect all that he wishes, he will only wish for that which he can effect. Paul Chatfield
Avarice is only prudence and economy pushed to excess. Paul Chatfield
Everything appertaining to the angler’s art is cowardly, cruel, treacherous, and cat-like. Paul Chatfield
We may hold it slavish to dress according to the judgement of fools and the caprice of coxcombs; but are we not ourselves both when we are singular in our attire? Paul Chatfield