Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned.

You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are gay; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.

He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.

Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.

There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.

When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted.