Habit (n.) is formed in the youth, such that if young only realized how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would perhaps give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
Habit (n.) simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue.
Habit (n.) is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
Habit (n.) is the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent.
Habit (n.) is our essence. All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
Habit (n.) is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.