Quotations About Guests

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.  
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation.  If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.  
Ward McAllister

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.  
Author Unknown
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
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
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.  
Samuel Pepys

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