Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, read more

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang read more

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine read more

A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

Habits form character and character is destiny.

Habits form character and character is destiny.