Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.

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

The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.

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

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.

I have a bag full of stuff that I give to people when they come to my house.

True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests.

Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding

Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment.

God is not asking us to not have anything or even to give away every single thing that we have. He is asking us to share with people who have less than us, which we do all the time.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

The opposite of consumption is not thrift - it is generosity.

Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

In making dinner for a friend, don't forget the love.

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

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.

To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.

I'm not careful with my money at all these days. I buy people a lot of dinners!

The wealth that increases by giving, That wealth is knowledge and is supreme of all possessions.