The benevolence of wrapping the partridge in a vine leaf brings out its quality, just as the barrel of Diogenes brought forth the qualities of the gr…

- Emmanuel Des Essarts

Make an amiable intermediary of an egg, which comes between the various parts of food to bring about difficult reconciliations.

- Emmanuel Des Essarts

Take advantage of the gracious condescension of the elegant calf's kidney, multiply its metamorphoses: you can without giving it any offence, call it…

- Emmanuel Des Essarts