Maxioms by Francois Rabelais
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
 Between two stools one sits on the ground.
 [Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]  
 Between two stools one sits on the ground.
 [Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.] 
 Nature abhors a vacuum.
 [Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]  
 Nature abhors a vacuum.
 [Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]