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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

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

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.

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

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?

‘Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

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

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

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