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What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with
Lucullus?
What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with
Lucullus?
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word read more
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God.
I fear it is too choleric a meat.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled?
I fear it is too choleric a meat.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled?
I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.
[Fr., Je veux que le dimanche read more
I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.
[Fr., Je veux que le dimanche chaque paysan ait sa poule au pot.]
To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]
To eat at another's table is your ambition's height.
[Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.]
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no
more and the same plaine and simple: read more
Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no
more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of
many meats one upon another of divers tastes is pestiferous. But
sundrie sauces are more dangerous than that.
This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest
men.
This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest
men.
I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head.
I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head.