A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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.
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.