Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise.

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.

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.

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

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