Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Habit, with its iron sinews, clasps and leads us day by day. Lamartine.

Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables. 20 Pr.

Habits (of virtue) are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation. Bernard Gilpin.

Habits leave their impress upon the mind, even after they are given up. Spurgeon.

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime. Douglas Jerrold.

Hablar sin pensar es tirar sin encarar—Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. Sp. Pr.

Hac mercede placet—I accept the terms. 25

Hac sunt in fossa Bedæ venerabilis ossa—In this grave lie the bones of the Venerable Bede. Inscription on Bede's tomb.

Hac urget lupus, hac canis—On one side a wolf besets you, on the other a dog. Hor.

Hactenus—Thus far.