Necessary Things Quotations

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.