Plurality should not be posited without necessity.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Even then when we sit idly in the sun.

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