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

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

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

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

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

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

Men are merriest when they are from home.

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

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

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