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

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

The Spanish ladies of the New World are madly addicted to chocolate, to such a point that, not content to drink it several times each day, they even have it served to them in church.

Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.