There are three wants which never can be satisfied that of the rich, who wants something more that of the sick, who wants something different and that of the traveler, who says, 'Anywhere but here.' (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

There are three wants which never can be satisfied that of the rich, who wants something more that of the sick, who wants something different and that of the traveler, who says, 'Anywhere but here.'

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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