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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Men are merriest when they are from home.

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

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

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