“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.”

“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”

“Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.”

“Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.”

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. ”

“Bad sleepers! This is a new insult, and I intend to take out a patent for it, being the first to have discovered that it is an excommunication in itself.”

“The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arguments, which are hindersome to both ingestion and digestion.”