Wishes

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
- Aesop

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
- Aristotle, 384 - 322 BC

A Dream is woven from thin air and nothing, Embroidered with wishes and everything, Then filled with the padding of hope and delight.
- James W. King

Happy is the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832

Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.
- Guy Albert Lombardo, 1902 - 1977