“Experience prefers humility.”
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.”
“Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”
“...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
“Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.”
“They (the French) have taken genius instead of reason for their guide, adopted experiment instead of experience, and wander in the dark because they prefer lightning to light.”