Would you have men think well of you, then do not speak well of yourself. Pascal.
Wouldst thou a maiden make thy prize, / Thyself alone the bribe must be. Goethe.
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? George Herbert.
Wouldst thou know thyself, then see how others act; wouldst thou understand others, look thou into thine own heart. Schiller.
Wouldst thou plant for eternity? then plant 30 into the deep infinite faculties of man, his fantasy and heart. Wouldst thou plant for year and day? then plant into his shallow superficial faculties, his self-love and arithmetical understanding, what will grow there. Carlyle.
"Wouldst thou," so the helmsman answered, / "Learn the secret of the sea? / Only those who brave its dangers / Comprehend its mystery!" Longfellow.
Wouldst thou subject all things to thyself? Subject thyself to reason. Seneca.
Wouldst thou the life of souls discern? / Nor human wisdom nor divine / Helps thee by aught beside to learn; / Love is life's only sign. Keble.
Wouldst thou travel the path of truth and goodness? Never deceive either thyself or others. Goethe.
Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, 35 and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best. Charron.