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

God walks among the pots and pans.

Men are merriest when they are from home.

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

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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