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

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

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

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

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

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

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