Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

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.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.