Isabella Beeton

“A judicious and tasty arrangement of the table is as necessary to the enjoyment of a good dinner as the proper dressing of the viands.”

“A place for everything, and everything in its place.”

“Cleanliness is the elegance of the poor.”

“Hospitality is a virtue which should be cultivated by all.”

“Punctuality is a quality which is not only of the utmost importance in a mistress, but it is one which she should endeavour, by every possible means, to inculcate in her servants.”

“A penny saved is a penny gained.”

“It has been wisely said, that 'Order is Heaven's first law.'”

“What is worth doing, is worth doing well.”

“Dine we must, and we may as well dine elegantly as well as wholesomely.”

“Frugality and economy are virtues without which no household can prosper.”

“Early rising is one of the most essential qualities which enter into good household management.”

“Good temper is a most precious possession in the mistress of a household.”

“The half of the trouble of housekeeping is in the arrangement of the house.”

“As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house.”