Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]

Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.

Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.

Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?

Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.