The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.

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

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which bars him from any freedom of thought: if he is any of these poor creatures, we say, let him be given a good pint of amber-flavored chocolate... and marvels will be performed.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

The universe is nothing without the things that live in it, and everything that lives, eats.