When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.

He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf. 

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. 

A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.