Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.

Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.