The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
Habits are like supervisors that you don't notice.
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.