There's no place like home

Meaning: Home is where you feel most comfortable.

Who said it? John Howard Payne, the song “Home! Sweet Home!”, 1823

Origin: From "Home! Sweet Home!", written by the American actor John Howard Payne for the opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan (1823): "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." The song was one of the great hits of the 19th century. L. Frank Baum's Dorothy repeats the phrase in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), and the 1939 film made it the words that carry her back to Kansas.

Equivalents in French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, and 3 more languages

French: Rien ne vaut son chez-soi (literally: Nothing is worth one's home)
Spanish: Hogar, dulce hogar (literally: Home, sweet home)
Japanese: 住めば都 (Sumeba miyako) (literally: Where you live becomes the capital)
German: Eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (literally: One's own hearth is worth gold)
Italian: Casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia (literally: My home, however small, seems an abbey to me)
Dutch: Oost west, thuis best (literally: East, west, home is best)
Russian: В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше (V gostyakh khorosho, a doma luchshe) (literally: Visiting is nice, but home is better)
Polish: Wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepiej (literally: It's good everywhere, but best at home)