In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

God walks among the pots and pans.

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing’s as eternal as the dishes.

One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

I quit life as from an inn, not as from a home.

Men are merriest when they are from home.

Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.

Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on.

Every house: temple, empire, school.

An exile with no home anywhere is a corpse without a grave.

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.