François Rabelais

“By robbing Peter he paid Paul, … and hoped to catch larks if ever the heavens should fall.”

“He laid him squat as a flounder.”

“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”

“Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être; tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée.”

“Je n'ai rien vaillant; je dois beaucoup; je donne le reste aux pauvres.”

“Pour ce que rire est le propre de l'homme.”

“I drink no more than a sponge.”

“Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston. But the thirst goes away with drinking.”

“Thought the moon was made of green cheese.”

“He always looked a given horse in the mouth.”

“He did not care a button for it.”

“How well I feathered my nest.”