I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.

Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.

Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more

Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.