"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
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"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
But 'tis so in the song.
My wants are many, and, if told,
Would muster many a score;
And were each wish a mint of gold,
I still should long for more.

You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you
have wished it so.
[Fr., read more

You have wished it so, you have wished it so, George Dandin, you
have wished it so.
[Fr., Vous l'avez voulu, vous l'avez voulu, George Dandin, vous
l'avez voulu.]

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

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

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 wish I knew the good of wishing.

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

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,

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.