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If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a read more
If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a country town;
May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
- Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do read more
May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do and may God send many blessings to you.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
