The Archive is the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture which one can use to deduce a historical a priori.

Archive is a kind of thought in which the eye goes beyond things to visibilities and language goes beyond words to utterances.

Custom is a tyrant.

Custom is king over all.

Custom is powerful — there is no way to erase the unwritten law.

Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools

Debt is about the only thing you can acquire without money.

Debt is terrible — a man in debt is caught in a net

Debt is worse than poverty — he that gets out of debt, grows rich.

Debt is not advisable. A debtor must often lie.