198 Quotes by François Rabelais

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

Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.

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.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror.

Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.

I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it.

I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.