Men are merriest when they are from home.

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

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

God walks among the pots and pans.

Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.

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

The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.

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

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

It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.

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

For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?