Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“Animals feed; man eats; only a man of intelligence knows how to eat.”

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

“The universe is nothing without life, and all that lives takes nourishment.”

“Smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense, whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose.”

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

“A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.”

“To receive guests is to take charge of their happiness for the entire time they are under your roof.”

“He who receives friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.”

“The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.”

“A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. 'Much obliged,' said he, pushing the plate aside, 'I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.'”

“The fate of nations depends on the way they eat.”

“Good living is an act of intelligence, by which we choose things which have an agreeable taste rather than those which do not.”

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”

“Gourmandism is one of the main links in the social chain.”

“The truffle is not an outright aphrodisiac, but it may in certain circumstances make women more affectionate and men more amiable.”