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.]

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

Habits form character and character is destiny.

Habits form character and character is destiny.

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

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

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.]

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

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

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.