No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet.

When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.

A meal without wine is like a day without sun

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

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.