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.]

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which read more

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
read more

He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on;
Till one calls him, who varies not his call,
But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound,
Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free;
A freedom far less welcome than this chain.

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

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

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

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

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