It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.Epictetus
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.Epictetus
When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells.Tom Stoppard
I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.Tom Stoppard
In the end, one has to feel lucky that things fell out O.K. I've felt that all the years I've been writing plays.Tom Stoppard