"Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet."

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A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin