| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Habit |
| | | Every one has his peculiar habit. Latin. | 1 |
| Habits if not resisted soon become necessity. St. Augustine. | 2 |
| Habit in sinning takes away the sense of sin. Latin. | 3 |
| Habit is second nature. | 4 |
| Habit is stronger than nature. Quintus Curtius Rufus. | 5 |
| Habit is ten times nature. Wellington. | 6 |
| How use doth breed a habit in a man. Shakespeare. | 7 |
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. Dryden. | 8 |
| It is a thousand times easier to contract a new habit than to get rid of an old one. | 9 |
| It is easier to prevent ill habits than to break them. Motto on Plato’s ring. | 10 |
| Pursuits become habits. Ovid. | 11 |
Small habits well pursued betimes
May reach the dignity of crimes. Hannah More. | 12 |
There is nothing so true as habit.
To change one’s habits smacks of death. Portuguese. | 13 | | |
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