Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Habit Quotes

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.