Keep cool and you command everybody.—St. Just.
I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; when I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well; for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart.—Luther.
When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.—Bulwer-Lytton.
Angling.—I give up fly-fishing; it is a light, volatile, dissipated pursuit. But ground-bait with a good steady float that never bobs without a bite is an occupation for a bishop, and in no way interferes with sermon-making.—Sydney Smith.
He that reads Plutarch shall find that angling was not contemptible in the days of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.—Izaak Walton.
Idle time not idly spent.—Sir Henry Wotton.
To see the fish cut with her golden oars the silver stream and greedily devour the treacherous bait.—Shakespeare.
Anticipation.—It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear.—George MacDonald.
The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.—Herder.
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. In the first instance, we cook the dish to our own appetite; in the latter, nature cooks it for us.—Goldsmith.