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.

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.

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

A bellyful is a bellyful.

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.