1. At every door-way, before one enters, he should look around because cannot be certain if there are enemies within.
Be wary of strangers. Be careful who you trust.
2. Hail, ye Givers! A guest is come; say! Where shall he sit within? Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth would seek for warmth and good fortune.
A person dining with strangers in an unfamiliar place is often confused and shy.
3. The one who has come needs to be warmed up; food and clothing
the wanderer craves who has fared over the rimy fell.
If a traveler comes, they are often seeking food, clothing and shelter.
4. He thirsts for water, who comes for refreshment, drying and
friendly bidding, marks of good will, fair fame if he can win it, and
welcome once and again.
He hopes for your good will, compliments of him to others and an
invitation to return for another visit.
5. He hath need of his wits who wanders wide; aught simple will serve
at home; but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits mid the wise, and
nothing knows.
You should be knowledgeable if you are going to travel abroad. Traveling
with little or no knowledge will only cause others to consider you strange.
6. Let no man glorify himself in his own mind, but rather keep watch
over his wits. Cautious and silent let him enter a dwelling; to the
heedful seldom comes harm, for none can find a more faithful friend
than the wealth of mother wit.
Don’t brag about accumulated knowledge or believe yourself to be better
than those you meet. Temper what you say with what you feel they are
willing to hear. This will help guard you from harm.
7. Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment keep silent with
sharpened hearing; with his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes;
thus each wise man spies out the way.
Pay close attention to your hosts to be certain they do not intend to harm
you.
8. Happy is he who wins for himself fair fame and kindly words; but
uneasy is that which a man owns while it lies in another's breast.
Consider yourself privileged if you find people that give you good advice
and compliments because it is difficult to find people who will openly
praise you.
9. Happy is he who hath for himself praise and wisdom in life; for
often a man gets ill counsel when it is born in another's breast.
Also, consider yourself privileged if you find people, who favor you for
your wisdom, because ignorant people will often insult each other.
10. A better burden can no man bear on the way than his mother wit;
It is the refuge of the poor, and richer it seems than wealth in a world
untried.
The best tools to travel with are Intelligence and Common Sense. These
are even more useful than money in unfamiliar places.