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

Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania.

Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.

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

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."

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