Joseph Hall Quotes

In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.

He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife.

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

I never have cakes or biscuits. I don't have a sweet tooth at all, and I can't stand chocolates - I find them so sickly. However, I will buy cakes if I'm expecting company.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I'm a snob, it's about quality, not cuisine.

I'm a homebody, but I make people come to me, like, 'Everyone just come over, and we can have fun at my house.' I love to entertain.

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!

Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.

My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music!

The house of an Albanian belongs to God and the guest …. If a guest enters your house, even through he may be in blood with you, you must say to him, “Welcome.”

My husband and I have very similar desires when we're entertaining. We want everybody to feel comfortable and welcome, to know they can kick off their shoes and be able to come right in.

I like food to be really simple but have a lot of technique all the same.

Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.

I'm a much worse guest than I am a host, and I'm not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone.

For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

When you ask one friend to dine, Give him your best wine! When you ask two, The second best will do!

When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most If you have made each guest forget That he himself is not the host.

This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more.

A pretty woman is a welcome guest.