Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and read more

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

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.]

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we read more

We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]