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

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

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

An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.