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

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

Men are merriest when they are from home.

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.

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

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

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.

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

God walks among the pots and pans.