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

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

The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.

All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

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."

Those truffled turkeys, of which the reputation and the price are still increasing, appear like beneficient stars, and make the eyes sparkle of all sorts of gourmands of every category, whilst their faces beam with delight and they themselves dance with pleasure.