Gautama Buddha (563 BCE - 483 BCE / Lumbini / Indian Sub. (today in Nepal))

Long is the night to one who is awake.
Long is ten miles to one who is tired.
Long is the cycle of birth and death
to the fool who does not know the true path.

If a traveller does not meet with one who is better or equal,
let one firmly travel alone;
there is no companionship with a fool.