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

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

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 -...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...