Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.

The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.

The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

The universe is nothing without the things that live in it, and everything that lives, eats.