Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]

Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step read more

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

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.]

Old habits are strong and jealous.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

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

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