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 In traveling
 I shape myself betimes to idleness
  And take fools' pleasure.  
 In traveling
 I shape myself betimes to idleness
  And take fools' pleasure. 
 Let observation with observant view,
 Observe mankind from China to Peru.  
 Let observation with observant view,
 Observe mankind from China to Peru. 
 A wise traveler never despises his own country.
 [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]  
 A wise traveler never despises his own country.
 [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.] 
 Down to Gehenna or up to the throne,
 He travels the fastest who travel alone.  
 Down to Gehenna or up to the throne,
 He travels the fastest who travel alone. 
 The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from 
exclusiveness and egotism.  
 The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from 
exclusiveness and egotism. 
 Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place 
where he is not known. read more 
 Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place 
where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is 
known. 
 As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth 
of the Indies must carry the wealth read more 
 As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth 
of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So 
it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he 
would bring home knowledge. 
 Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest 
over the threshold thereof.  
 Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest 
over the threshold thereof. 
 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
 I took the one less traveled by,
  And that read more 
 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
 I took the one less traveled by,
  And that has made all the difference.