"Sir Henry Wotton. . .was a most dear lover, and a frequent practicer of the art of angling; of which he would say, 'it 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 practiced it.' "

~ Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
BARTLETT'S Familiar Quotations, 1992.