"Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests." ~~ Max Beerbohm
"Let your home be a meet-place for the Sages! " ~~ Avot 1:4
"Hospitality to strangers shows reverence for the name of the Lord." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 127a
"A woman watches a guest more grudgingly than a man. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"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
"A rich guest is a burden – – – he demands so much!" ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"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
"The host breaks bread and the guest says Grace. " ~~ Talmud, Berakot
"Visiting is like rain: prayed for when absent, but tiresome when overdone." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"The host enters the house first and the guest follows, but the guest is the first to leave." ~~ Derekh Eretz R.
"The host enjoys the company of good guests." ~~ Shemen Lamaor
"In the house of a wise man none is ever slow to perform the duties of hospitality." ~~ Philo