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| Every one must speak of his wants be he where he will. Don Quixote. | 1 |
| Everything goes to him who does not want it. French. | 2 |
Every want that stimulates the breast,
Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest. Goldsmith. | 3 |
| He cannot provide for the wants of others whose own are numerous and craving. Plutarch. | 4 |
| He is the nearest to God who has the fewest wants. Danish. | 5 |
| He is not in want who has no desires. Latin. | 6 |
| He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks on. | 7 |
| He that wants the kernel must crack the nut. French, German, Dutch. | 8 |
| He who wants a good deal must not ask for a little. Italian. | 9 |
| I will not want when I have and when I ha’n’t too. | 10 |
| It is hard baith to hae an’ want. | 11 |
| Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long. Goldsmith. | 12 |
| More than we use is more than we want. | 13 |
| Nothing makes men sharper than want. Addison. | 14 |
| Of all the enemies of idleness, want is the most formidable. Dr. Johnson. | 15 |
| On the ends of wants, wants grow. | 16 |
| The fewer our wants the nearer we resemble the gods. Socrates. | 17 |
| The more one has the more one wants. | 18 |
| There is no woe like want. | 19 |
| To have no wants is money. | 20 |
| Want and necessity break faith and oaths. Danish. | 21 |
| Want goes by such a one’s door. | 22 |
| Want is the master of mankind. Rev. Dr. Crowley. | 23 |
| Want is the mother of industry. | 24 |
| Want makes strife ’twixt man and wife. | 25 |
| Want too oft betrays the tongue to lies. Homer. | 26 |
| We lessen our wants by lessening our desires. Labernus. | 27 |
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