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Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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.