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

We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted. – Aesop

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Oh, the secret life of man and woman –dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest. – Zelda Fitzgerald

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer

We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness. – St. Catherine of Genoa

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