Above all, keep it simple.

Fish without wine is like egg without salt.

Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.

Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple in the world.

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

The workman mindful of success, therefore, will naturally direct his attention to the faultless preparation of his stock, and in order to achieve this result, he will find it necessary not merely to make use of the freshest and finest goods, but also to exercise the most scrupulous care in their preparation, for, in cooking, care is half the battle.