I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.

In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.

Petite ville, grand renom. Small town, great renown.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, by God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.