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

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

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

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

Every house: temple, empire, school.

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

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

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

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

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