Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved.

The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.

The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others.

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.

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

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.

Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.

All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.

The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.

Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.