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

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

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

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

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

Most vegetarians I ever saw looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

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

’Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.

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. 

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.