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Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
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.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
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
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
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.
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.
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.