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

God walks among the pots and pans.

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

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

Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.

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

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

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

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

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