The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.

A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".

He had a warning heart attack in his 30's after a meal of macaroni and cheese and big mac's and macaroons.. but God gave him a 2nd chance.

A gourmet is just a glutton with brains.

The glutton usually realizes that gout is ever ready to pounce, and that alcohol is bad for him. But possible disaster weighs light in the scale against certain pleasure.

The glutton cannot turn his mind to God,” he said dismissively. “But neither can the starving man.