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.]

Old habits are strong and jealous.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

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."

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits

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.]

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.