Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they're less than women.
A bellyful is a bellyful.
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.