"To make everything yield to custom would be to do the greatest injustice. Were the judgments of mankind correct, cust…"

"Depraved custom is just a kind of general pestilence in which men perish not the less that they fall in a crowd."

"There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom."

"People try to excuse their brutality by saying that it is the custom; but a crime does not cease to be a crime becaus…"

"The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to t…"

"A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masc…"

"Consuetudo est secunda natura."

"Vetus consuetudo natunæ vim obtinet."

"Such dupes are men to custom, and so prone To rev'rence what is ancient, and can plead A course of long observance fo…"

"Woe unto you, O torrent of human custom! Who shall stay your course? When will you ever run dry? How long will you ca…"