And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a read more

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

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.

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.]

They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy
idleness possesses us: we seek a read more

They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy
idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and
carriages: the object of our search is present with us.
[Lat., Coelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.
Strenua nos exercet inertia, navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere; quod petis hic est.]

I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on read more

I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.

One who journeying
Along a way he knows not, having crossed
A place of drear extent, before read more

One who journeying
Along a way he knows not, having crossed
A place of drear extent, before him sees
A river rushing swiftly toward the deep,
And all its tossing current white with foam,
And stops and turns, and measures back his way.

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.

Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther
The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--
One read more

Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther
The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--
One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,
Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,
The poorer and the baser you appear,
The more you look through still.