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

Let the progress of the meal be slow, for dinner is the last business of the day; and let the guests conduct themselves like travelers due to reach their destination together.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

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.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.