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

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

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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