Guests Quotes

If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. ~Kahlil Gibran


If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb


I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine. ~Alfred North Whitehead


Staying with people consists in your not having your own way, and their not having theirs. ~Maarten Maartens


Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb


The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. ~Author Unknown


Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. ~Victor Borge


Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb


We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. ~Samuel Pepys


We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house. ~Robert Brault


Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post. ~Charles Beresford, telegram reply to a dinner invitation


Fish and visitors smell in three days. ~Benjamin Franklin


A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ~Ward McAllister


Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911


Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Author Unknown

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