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.]

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

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.]

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 civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

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.