As in a school, many of the lessons learnt there must needs be taken on trust.

We may not understand them, and may possibly think it hard that we have to learn them, especially where the teachers are trials, sorrows, temptations, and difficulties; and yet we must not only accept their lessons, but recognise them as being divinely appointed.
To what extent have the pupils profited by their experience in the school of life?
What advantage have they taken of their opportunities for learning?
What have they gained in discipline of heart and mind ?--how much in growth of wisdom, courage, self-control?
Have they preserved their integrity amidst prosperity, and enjoyed life in temperance and moderation?
Or, has life been with them a mere feast of selfishness, without care or thought for others?
What have they learnt from trial and adversity?
Have they learnt patience, submission, and trust in God ?--or have they learnt nothing but impatience, querulousness, and discontent?
The results of experience are, of course, only to be achieved by living; and living is a question of time.

The man of experience learns to rely upon Time as his helper.

"Time and I against any two," was a maxim of Cardinal Mazarin.

Time has been described as a beautifier and as a consoler; but it is also a teacher.