If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room for dinner.

Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

When you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three hours later, and you will still be able to dine. Because of my scientific enthusiasm and the sheer force of my eloquence I have persuaded a number of ladies to try this, although they were convinced it would kill them; they have always found themselves in fine shape indeed, and have not forgotten to give the Professor his rightful due.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable