“Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
Emma (1815)
Works, Emma
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Jane Austen 477
English novelist 1775–1817Related quotes
“If we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later.”
Context: 'Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,' he said slowly, 'likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last march of the Ents. But if we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later. That thought has long been growing in our hearts; and that is why we are marching now. It was not a hasty resolve. Now at least the last march of the Ents may be worth a song.
“Hamm: Ah, the old questions, the old answers, there's nothing like them!”
Endgame (1957)
“Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest.”
Source: Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
“Ah, my friend, one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.”
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
“There is nothing like having a United Nations at home.”
Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015
“Time goes, you say? Ah, no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.”
The Paradox of Time http://books.google.com/books?id=KW4NAAAAYAAJ&q="time+goes+you+say+ah+no+alas+time+stays+we+go"&pg=PA175#v=onepage (1886).