Whosoever Says Truffle, Utters A Grand Word,

The Spanish Ladies Of The New World Are Madly Addicted To Chocolate, To Such A Point That, Not Content To Drink It Several Times Each Day, They Even Have It Served To Them In Church.

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.

'monsieur,' Madame D'arestel, Superior Of The Convent Of The Visitation At Belley, Once Said To Me More Than Fifty Years Ago, 'whenever You Want To Have A Really Good Cup Of Chocolate, Make It The Day Before, In A Porcelain Coffeepot, And Let It Set. The Night's Rest Will Concentrate It And Give It A Velvety Quality Which Will Make It Better. Our Good God Cannot Possibly Take Offense At This Little Refinement, Since He Himself Is Everything That Is Most Perfect.'

He Who Receives His Friends And Gives No Personal Attention To The Meal Which Is Being Prepared For Them, Is Not Worthy Of Having Friends.

All Languages Had Their Birth, Their Apogee And Decline.