A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills."

Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational, and habitual preference for all objects which flatter the sense of taste.

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

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.

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species.

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