“An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.” GivingMindHomeSingingBirdGive MeVainPeace Of MindExileCottagesDazzleSplendour Author:John Howard Payne
“I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of England could not.” ThinkingSaidHomeMightHeavenFateWindKingsEnglandEnglishmenCottagesOrators Author:John James Ingalls
“Love and a cottage! Eh, Fanny! Ah, give me indifference and a coach and six!” GivingHomeHouseSixGive MeCoachesIndifferenceCottages Author:George Colman the Elder