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

Men are merriest when they are from home.

Every house: temple, empire, school.

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

God walks among the pots and pans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.