Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in read more

There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs, institutions and monuments.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs read more

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let read more

You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.