He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth.
The world wishes to be deceived.
A careful physician. . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.
It's a great role for any age. Any actress wishes they would find a screenplay that means as much to them as "Aquarius" meant to me, as a person and a citizen.
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
Wishes are thoughts vibrant with life and eager for action.
Here I am! Now what are your other two wishes
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.
We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.
Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.
Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.
Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.
He who always seeks more light the more he finds, and finds more the more he seeks, is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of time. The tide and ebb of giving and receiving is the sum of human happiness, which he alone enjoys who always wishes to acquire new knowledge, and always finds it.
Nobody makes a movie about a woman in her mid-30s who wishes she could have met someone to have children with and still doesn't know where to find a date.
If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act
There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.