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

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.

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

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

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.

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

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

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

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