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

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

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.

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.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]

Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

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

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

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.