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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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