As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities…

- Isabella Beeton

The white Aylesbury duck is, and deservedly, a universal favourite. Its snowy plumage and comfortable comportment make it a credit to the poultry-yar…

- Isabella Beeton

Spring is the usual period for house-cleaning and removing the dust and dirt which, notwithstanding all precautions, will accumulate during the winte…

- Isabella Beeton

Frugality and economy are virtues without which no household can prosper. Whatever the income, waste of all kinds should be most sternly repressed ..…

- Isabella Beeton

A good kitchen should be sufficiently remote from the principal apartments of the house, that the members, visitors, or guests of the family, may not…

- Isabella Beeton

The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards bodily health, depends on the nature of the pr…

- Isabella Beeton

Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.

- Isabella Beeton

I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly cooked dinners and untidy ways.

- Isabella Beeton

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

- Isabella Beeton