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

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

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.

Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.