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

Quote by John Dryden

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The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

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...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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...

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 -...

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...