the smallest part is worthy of the whole.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint.

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number. ... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination.

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.

Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that.

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.