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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

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

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

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