There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

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.

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 has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

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

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom read more

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned

Custom adapts itself to expediency

Custom adapts itself to expediency