Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]

Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience read more

Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. read more

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.