Books treating of etiquette ... are often written by dancing-masters and Turveydrops and others knowing little of the customs of t...he best society of any land.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute; but such of you as wish to ...be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.... Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex; regard us then as being placed by Providence under your protection, and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
[W]e are all guilty in some Measure of the same narrow way of Thinking ... when we fancy the Customs, Dresses, and Manners of othe...r Countries are ridiculous and extravagant, if they do not resemble those of our own.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No civilization ... would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change.... Foremost among the stabilizing factors, more enduring than customs, manners and traditions, are the legal systems that regulate our life in the world and our daily affairs with each other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of tria...l and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident--the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thi...nking.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We set up a certain aim, and put ourselves of our own will into the power of a certain current. Once having done that, we find our...selves committed to usages and customs which we had not before fully known, but from which we cannot depart without giving up the end which we have chosen. But we have no right, therefore, to claim that we are under the yoke of necessity. We might as well say that the man whom we see struggling vainly in the current of Niagara could not have helped jumping in.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The crew was complete: it included a Boots-- A maker of Bonnets and Hoods--... A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes-- And a Broker, to value their goods.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »