Necessitas Magistra.

«Necessity is the mother of invention, and the most powerful provoker of industry, and ingenuity». La necessité n'a point de loi, and La necessidad carece de ley. Necessity has no law, and Hunger will break through stone walls.

–––«Ingenii largitor venter,
Cautum e rudi reddit magistra necessitas».

Necessity makes the dull man bright, the sluggard active, the unwary cautious. It sharpens the wit, and makes men more apt for instruction.

«Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria terabit».

Hunger is the best cure for daintiness, it is the best sauce; and A la hambre, no ay pan malo; A hungry dog will eat dirty pudding. To these may be added the following,

Impletus venter, non vult studere libenter.

A full belly does not excite to mental labour or exertion, and want sharpens, but luxury blunts the disposition to study.