Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (French epicure and gastronome): The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
Did these men get their appointment from the epicures of the religious world, to play set tunes on sweet, pious texts in that pleasure garden where blossom airy nothings?
In a seraglio, I grant, that all these arts are necessary; the epicure must have his palate tickled, or he will sink into apathy; but have women so little ambition as to be satisfied with such a condition?