Wishes

Every wishIs like a prayer—with God.

— Wishes

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

— Wishes

Wishing to dare serves no purpose at all, if it remains a wish.

— Wishes

What you wish to be true is all that matters, regardless of the facts.

— Wishes

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

— Wishes

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.

— Wishes

If Wishes were Horses, Beggars would ride.

— Wishes

Comics speak, without qualm or sophistication, to the innermost ears of the wishful self. The response is like that of a thirsty traveler who suddenly finds water in the desert - he drinks to satiation.

— Wishes

You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.

— Wishes

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought:I stay too long by thee, I weary thee.

— Wishes

Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.

— Wishes

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

— Wishes

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

— Wishes

He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,A freedom far less welcome than this chain.

— Wishes

Man wants but little, nor that little long;Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

— Wishes

What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

— Wishes

"Man wants but little here below I still should long for more.

— Wishes

O, that I were where I would be, And where I would be I can not.

— Wishes

Man wants but little here below,Nor wants that little long.

— Wishes

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

— Wishes

Little I ask; my wants are few;In yonder street that fronts the sun.

— Wishes

With all thy sober charms possest,Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

— Wishes

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

— Wishes

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.

— Wishes

If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.

— Wishes

I've often wished that I had clear,Of land, set out to plant a wood.

— Wishes

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

— Wishes