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

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

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.

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.

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