But I was making quite enough with my pen to support myself, and, be it never so humble, there is something pleasant in a bachelor existence, or so I had  thought until very recently.

Love Among the Chickens. 14 A Council of War

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The case of Mr Bingley Crocker was one that would have provided an admirable instance for a preacher seeking to instil into an impecunious and sceptical flock the lesson that money does not of necessity bring with it happiness. And poetry has crystallized his position in the following stanza:

    An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,

    Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;

    The birds singing gaily, that came at my call,

    Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.

Picadilly Jim. Chapter 2

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'There is an unoccupied gamekeeper's cottage in the west wood, sir, but it is an extremely humble place.'

'Be it never so humble, it will do for me. Do you think Lady Constance would be offended if I were to ask for the loan of it for a few days?'

Leave It To Psmith, 9 Psmith Engages a Valet

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I had just come from seeing dear old Rocky off to his country cottage, and an hour before he had seen his aunt off to whatever hamlet it was that she was the curse of; so we were alone at last.

'Jeeves, there's no place like home – what?'

'Very true, sir.'

Carry On, Jeeves. 5 The Aunt and the Sluggard

'Not too bad. But I'm glad to be home. What was it the fellow said about home?'

'If your allusion is to the American poet John Howard Payne, sir, he compared it to its advantage with pleasures and palaces. He called it sweet and said there was no place like it.'

'And he wasn't so far out. Shrewd chap, John Howard Payne.'

'I believe he gave uniform satisfaction, sir.'

Plum Pie. 1 Jeeves and the Greasy Bird