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

To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation.

When you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three hours later, and you will still be able to dine. Because of my scientific enthusiasm and the sheer force of my eloquence I have persuaded a number of ladies to try this, although they were convinced it would kill them; they have always found themselves in fine shape indeed, and have not forgotten to give the Professor his rightful due.

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.

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