"A man should eat and drink less than he can afford to, dress as well and as much as he can afford to, and lavish more on his wife. " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"Good bread cannot be baked out of bad wheat." ~~ Mishle Yisrael
"A man should eat slowly, properly, even if he eats alone." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies. " ~~ Milton Berle
"Our sages recommended that a father should spend less than his means on food, up to his means on dress, and beyond his means for his wife and children." ~~ Maimonides
"A little bitterness will spoil a lot of honey." ~~ Leon of Modena
"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 23:13
"Oil and perfume gladden the heart." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:9
"Who eats fat sleeps in the attic; who eats greens may sleep on a dunghill unafraid." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim
"As when a hungry man dreams he is eating and awakes with his hunger unsated or a thirsty man dreams he is drinking and wakes faint, with his thirst unquenched. " ~~ Isaiah (Yesha”yahu) 29:8
"As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced. " ~~ Alan King
"Sugar in the mouth will not help if the heart is bitter." ~~ Yiddish Proverb