Old habits are strong and jealous.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest,
Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.

Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest,
Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.

Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]

Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits read more

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.