Gluttony is mankind's exclusive prerogative.

Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.

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

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

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

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.