How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.

War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.

The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!

If you wish to be good "Pantagruelists" (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.

I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.

Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait; Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate.