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| A man driven by distress does as much as thirty. Spanish. | 1 |
| He knows not his own strength who hath not met necessity. Ben Jonson. | 2 |
| Make a virtue of necessity. Rabelais, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dryden. | 3 |
| Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant. | 4 |
| Necessity becomes will. Italian. | 5 |
| Necessity breaks iron. | 6 |
| Necessity dispenses with decorum. | 7 |
| Necessity has sharp teeth. | 8 |
| Necessity has a greater power than duty. Seneca. | 9 |
| Necessity hath no law. | 10 |
| Necessity the mother of invention. | 11 |
| Necessity, thou mother of the world. Shelley. | 12 |
| Necessity is a bitter herb. German. | 13 |
| Necessity is a disagreeable guest. German. | 14 |
| Necessity is a good teacher. German. | 15 |
| Necessity is a hard master. German. | 16 |
| Necessity is a harsh nurse. German. | 17 |
| Necessity is a powerful weapon. Seneca. | 18 |
| Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. Livy. | 19 |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. French, German, Dutch. | 20 |
| Necessity makes war to be just. Bias. | 21 |
| Necessity never made a good bargain. Franklin. | 22 |
| Necessity seeks bread where it is to be found. German. | 23 |
| Necessity sharpens industry. | 24 |
| Necessity teaches all things. German. | 25 |
| Necessity teaches the lame to dance. German. | 26 |
| Necessity, the tyrant’s plea. Milton. | 27 |
| Necessity unites hearts. German. | 28 |
| The art of our necessity is great that makes vile things precious. Shakespeare. | 29 |
| The inventions of necessity are older than those of pleasure. Cicero. | 30 |
| The necessities of things are sterner stuff than the hopes of man. Benjamin Disraeli. | 31 |
| There is no virtue like necessity. Shakespeare. | 32 |
| Where necessity pinches, boldness is prudence. | 33 |
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