Some dishes are of such indisputable excellence that their appearance alone is capable of arousing a level-headed man's degustatory powers. All those who, when presented with such a dish, show neither the rush of desire, nor the radiance of ecstasy, may justly be deemed unworthy of the honors of the sitting, and its related delights.

No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet.

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

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

Those from whom nature has withheld taste invented trousers.

The dyspeptic and the drunkard do not know how to eat or drink.

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.