William Shakespeare Wish Quotations

Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to)

If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.

Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.

I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.

I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are not words holy hallowed, nor my wishes More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes Are all I can return.

Wish chastely, and love dearly.

The sweets we wish for, turn to loathed sours, Even in the moment that we call them ours.

I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.

I wish you well and so I take my leave, I Pray you know me when we meet again.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Because it is a customary cross, As die to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers.

God mark thee to His grace! Thou was the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. And might I live to see thee married once, I have my wish.

I am misanthropos, and hate mankind, For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, That I might love thee something.

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

Men in rage strike those that wish them best.

I wish you all the joy you can wish.

What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts...

It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion and all made of wishes, All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance

Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.

My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.

I would not wish any companion in the world but you.

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,Since riches point to misery and contempt?