“Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk of them and Champagne makes you do them.”

“To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.”

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

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

“Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.”

“„De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum.”

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