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

It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day.

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

The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.

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

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.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.