"Judaism recognized the home as being a co-partner with the synagogue in the nurturing of spirituality, and accorded the woman, as primary home-maker, the greatest consideration."

"Home is home, though it be never so homely."

"Old homes! old hearts! Upon my soul forever Their peace and gladness lie like tears and laughter."

"'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Home."

"Subduing and subdued, the petty strife, Which clouds the colour of domestic life; The sober comfort, all the peace which springs From the large aggregate of little things; On these small cares of daughter, wife or friend, The almost sacred joys of home depend."

"Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam?"

"His home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest."

"Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth."

"I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine."

"A house of dreams untold, It looks out over the whispering treetops, And faces the setting sun."

"Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest, For those that wander they know not where Are full of trouble and full of care; To stay at home is best."

"Cling to thy home! If there the meanest shed Yield thee a hearth and shelter for thy head, And some poor plot, with vegetables stored, Be all that Heaven allots thee for thy board, Unsavory bread, and herbs that scatter'd grow Wild on the river-brink or mountain-brow; Yet e'en this cheerless mansion shall provide More heart's repose than all the world beside."

"Our law calleth a man's house, his castle, meaning that he may defend himselfe therein."

"As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers."

"I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of England could not."

"The beauty of the house is order, The blessing of the house is contentment, The glory of the house is hospitality, The crown of the house is godliness."

"Who hath not met with home-made bread, A heavy compound of putty and lead— And home-made wines that rack the head, And home-made liquors and waters? Home-made pop that will not foam, And home-made dishes that drive one from home— * * * * * * Home-made by the homely daughters."

"Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last!""

"His native home deep imag'd in his soul."

"The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land."

"What if in Scotland's wilds we veil'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night a blanket, and a plaid by day."

"There's nobody at home But Jumping Joan, And father and mother and I."

"The house is a castle which the King cannot enter."

"I am far frae my hame, an' I'm weary aften whiles, For the longed-for hame-bringing an' my Father's welcome smiles."

"For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room."

"The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose."

"Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior."

"My whinstone house my castle is, I have my own four walls."

"I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel— Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls."

"To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life."

"No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private."

"The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away."

"You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, … back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame … back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time-back home to the escapes of Time and Memory."

"Home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty; where Supporting and supported, polished friends And dear relations mingle into bliss."

"I rushed to Mother clasped her in a tight embrace, and with resolute tones, proclaimed, 'Mother! I'll never make another home! I'll stay forever young! '"

"The home is not always ruined by outsiders; sometimes those within the family ruin it even more severely."

"If strong trust is not knotted in the foundation of love, a home that could shield its inhabitants could not be built. And life could not be lived wet, whether it be in rain or tears."

"Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits."

"And I'll still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting any other home but this."

"Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it, Might not be such a bad idea if I never, never went home again."

"Barack Obama has failed America. When he took office, the economy was in recession.… Three years later, foreclosures are still at record levels. Three years later the prices of homes continue to fall."

"A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities."

"Truly we are belong to God, and to Him we shall eventually come home"

"Having been ripped open and drained by the crowd when I enter my home, many homes seem to be waiting for me to give a shape to this life which is about to perish."

"The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter,—the rain may enter,—but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!"

"'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there 's no place like home; A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which sought through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere."

"What you choose to call hell, he calls home."

"It is for homely features to keep home. They had their name thence."

"I do not go quite the length of the modern philosopher, who asserts that our nature is not wholly sophisticated so long as we retain our juvenile predilection in favour of apple-dumpling; but I do think that the affection which clings to the home of our childhood — the early love which lingers round the flowers we have sown, the shrubs we have planted — is, though a simple, a sweet and purifying influence on the character. I cannot help thinking, that the drooping bough, the fairy-like rose, lend something of their own grace to one who has loved them and made them her companions."