There is no history; only biography.

Every roof is agreeable to the eye, until it is lifted; then we find tragedy and moaning women, and hard-eyed husbands.

Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes.

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair the rest of his days.

Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded; and the book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.