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

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

Men are merriest when they are from home.

Every house: temple, empire, school.

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

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

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

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

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

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