Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the read more

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

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

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

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

Custom adapts itself to expediency

Custom adapts itself to expediency

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.