Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

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

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about 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.

The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

1. Reading becomes knowledge.2. Applying knowledge becomes experience.Most people have done 1 but they forget 2. These people blow too much without effective result.

God cherises praises, admires thanksgiving and embraces prayer .

That man is blest Who does his best And leaves the rest Then-do not worry.

The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero.

The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be vulnerable with each other. You need to be stupid with each other.

Good things are not necessarily God things.

I am corrupted to the bone with the beauty of this forsaken world.

She saw through the shell of me into the center of me

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.