Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
—Samuel Johnson, 1771Quotes
I quit life as from an inn, not as from a home.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44 BCAn exile with no home anywhere is a corpse without a grave.
—Publilius Syrus, 50 BCOne who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCIt’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.
—Horace, 19 BCBeing offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582Every house: temple, empire, school.
—Joseph Joubert, 1800In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
—Colette, 1944A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.
—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1895An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882