Francis Bacon Quotes about Travel
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.361
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Travel'
Francis Bacon (1826*). “The Beauties of Bacon”, p.185