We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence read more

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary
necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the
Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.

My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have read more

My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have given:
And trod the mountain height,
Where Science, young and bright,
Scans with poetic gaze the midnight-heaven.
Yet have I found no power to vie
With thine, severe necessity!

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain