Necessity

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks

It takes two to tango

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself

As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessary; a liking for work

If you have it (love), you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning

Every generation needs regeneration