A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he has some bits to swallow.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it.

Experience is a wonderful thing, it enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

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

Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else.

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