We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, read more

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

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 governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious read more

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

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.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

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

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

The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.

The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.