Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.

O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is read more

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?