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| A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a thousand years. | 1 |
| A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a post-chaise. French. | 2 |
| A short cut is a losing cut. Latin. | 3 |
| A short cut is always a long road. | 4 |
| A short cut is often a wrong cut. Danish. | 5 |
| A tired traveller must be glad of an ass if he have not a horse. | 6 |
| A travelled man hath leave to lie. | 7 |
| Better return half-way than lose yourself. Dutch. | 8 |
| Discreet stops make speedy journeys. | 9 |
| Don’t leave the high road for a short cut. Portuguese. | 10 |
| Fair and softly goes far in a day. | 11 |
| Far traveller, great liar. German. | 12 |
| Getting out well is a quarter of the journey. | 13 |
| He least discredits his travels who returns the same as he went. Wotton. | 14 |
| He that can travel well afoot keeps a good horse. Franklin. | 15 |
| He that leaves the highway for a short cut commonly goes about. | 16 |
| He that travels far knows much. | 17 |
| He who stops at every stone never gets to his journey’s end. French. | 18 |
| He who takes the wrong road must make his journey again. Spanish. | 19 |
| He who wants to travel far takes care of his beast. French. | 20 |
He who would travel through the land,
Must go with open purse in hand. Dutch. | 21 |
How much a dunce that hath been sent to roam,
Excels a dunce that hath been kept at home. Cowper. | 22 |
| If an ass goes a travelling he’ll not come home a horse. | 23 |
| If you tell every step you will make a long journey of it. | 24 |
| It is better to turn back than go astray. German. | 25 |
| It is necessary for him who would reach his journey’s end sometimes to go round about. Persian. | 26 |
| Meat and matins hinder no man’s journey. | 27 |
| Nothing is lost on a journey by stopping to pray or to feed your horse. Spanish. | 28 |
| On a long journey even a straw is heavy. Italian. | 29 |
| One never goes so far as when one don’t know whither one is going. French. | 30 |
| The farthest way about is the nearest way home. German. | 31 |
The farthest way about to o’ercome,
In the end proves nearest home. Butler. | 32 |
| The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey. Cowley. | 33 |
| The traveller without money will sing before the robber. Juvenal. | 34 |
| ’Tis a great journey to the world’s end. | 35 |
| To bait and to grease does not retard a journey. | 36 |
| To travel safely through the world a man must have a falcon’s eye, an ass’s ears, an ape’s face, a merchant’s words, a camel’s back and a hart’s legs. | 37 |
| Travel is the great source of true wisdom. Benjamin Disraeli. | 38 |
| Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse. | 39 |
| Travel renders life more modest. Greek. | 40 |
| Travelling teaches toleration. Benjamin Disraeli. | 41 |
| Travellers should correct the vice of one country by the virtue of another. | 42 |
| Who goes and returns makes a good journey. French. | 43 |
| Who goes softly goes safely, and he that goes safely goes far. Italian. | 44 |
| Who will go far must go slow. German. | 45 |
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