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

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

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.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

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.

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.

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 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.