4 quotes about Hospitality

We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.

Shakespeare, William

Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.

Thoreau, Henry David

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.

Wilde, Oscar

I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.

Wycherley, William