If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. – Khalil Gibran
If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. – Russian Proverb
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
Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. – Victor Borge
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul. – Max Beerbohm
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. – Max Beerbohm
The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again. – Maralee McKee
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not the quantity of the meat but the cheerfulness of the guests which makes the feast. – Edward Hyde
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Guests bring good luck with them. – Turkish Proverb
Fish and visitors smell in three days. – Benjamin Franklin
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table. – William Powell
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. – Ward McAllister
Modern carpet designs may provide endless entertainment for your guests. – W. Heath Robinson and K.R.G. Browne, How to Live in a Flat, 1936
Fish and guests smell at three days old. – Danish proverb
Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person youd want to have dinner with. On the subject of Mr. Bean – Rowan Atkinson
Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. – William Cowper
