"The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge nor quail, But sets up hi…"

"Antony, however, according to his custom, returned alone to his own cell, increased his discipline, and sighed daily …"

"This much thou hast taught me: that I should learn to take food as medicine. But during that time when I pass from th…"

"What is sufficient for health is not enough for pleasure. And it is often a matter of doubt whether it is the needful…"

"Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner…"

"I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, My morning incense, and my evening meal, The sweets of Hasty-Pudding."

"Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon s…"

"That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst."

"All human history attests That happiness for man,—the hungry sinner!— Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner."

"I am glad that my Adonis hath a sweete tooth in his head."