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

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.

Custom adapts itself to expediency

Custom adapts itself to expediency

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.

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 old ways are the safest and surest ways.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

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.