The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

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.

It is quite a common and vulgar thing among humans to understand, foresee, know and predict the troubles of others. But oh what a rare thing it is to predict, know, foresee and understand one's own troubles.

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.

A habit does not a monk make.

Plain as a nose in a man's face.

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.