Henri Frederic Amiel
  • Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.

  • Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

  • Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

  • Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

  • Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.