Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach said this quote

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach