Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.

Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.

What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in
abundance.
[Ger., Was man in read more

What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in
abundance.
[Ger., Was man in der Jugend wunscht, hat man im Alter die
Fulle.]

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more

I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

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

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

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

Wishers and woulders be small householders.