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

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

I am a strong partisan of second causes, and I believe firmly that the entire gallinaceous order has been merely created to furnish our larders and our banquets.

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.

Beasts feed. Man eats. Only the man of intellect knows how to eat.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.