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.

The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.

In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.

You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?

All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them.