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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cooking is the most massive rush. It’s like having the most amazing hard-on, with Viagra sprinkled on top of it, and it’s still there twelve hours later.

To safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.

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

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

For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.