"You will always be honored as a guest if you, too, can play the host. The man invited to dinner is the man who can dine at home if he likes." ~~ Chaim Weizmann
"There used to be a very good custom in Jerusalem: a table-cloth was spread at the door – – – so long as it was in place, guests would enter the house. When it was removed, they would not." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
