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

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach