If I can't have too many truffles I'll do without.

The line expresses a deliberately uncompromising attitude toward pleasure: if an indulgence cannot be enjoyed in abundance, it is not worth having at all. “Truffles” stand in for luxury, sensual gratification, and the cultivated appetites often associated with Colette’s writing. The statement can be read as witty hedonism, but also as a critique of half-measures—preferring abstention to a constrained, rationed version of desire. It highlights a temperament that values intensity and fullness of experience over moderation, suggesting that certain joys lose their meaning when reduced to token amounts.