Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.