The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.

The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"

Necessity is the mother of "taking chances"

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.

Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Without death and decay, how could life go on?

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.

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!

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.