Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.