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

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

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

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

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted

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.]

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved read more

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.rn

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

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

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

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