Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

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.

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

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

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

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

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. 

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

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