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

I do not drink more than a sponge.

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

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

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

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.

A bellyful is a bellyful.