If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.

If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

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.

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.

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.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

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.

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.