Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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.

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

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

There is only one proof of ability - action.

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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