It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.

It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to read more

The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.