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.

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

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

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

Every house: temple, empire, school.

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

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

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

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