You could not have a better opportunity of seeing France; and perhaps before long we shall be at loggerheads again, when no Englishman will be able to set foot in the country except as a prisoner; therefore go, and come back to us when you have got tired of frogs' legs and soup maigre.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
The small number of the rich, financiers, prelates, principal magistrates, great lords, and great ladies who condescend to have maigre served at their tables, fast during six weeks on soles, salmon, turbots, sturgeons, etc.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
Toujours perdrix may sate in the long-run, but perpetually to faire maigre is attended with even greater discomfort.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves