Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.

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

The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

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

In the centre of a spacious table rose a pastry as large as a church, flanked on the north by a quarter of cold veal, on the south by an enormous ham, on the east by a monumental pile of butter, and on the west by an enormous dish of artichokes, with a hot sauce.

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