Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Path
A beaten path is a safe one.Latin.
A hundred paths present a hundred difficulties.Chinese.
Better a path than a hole.German.
Every path hath its puddle.
The middle path is the safe path.German.
The path of duty is the path of safety.
The path of pain leads to Paradise.German.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.Gray.
There is no royal path which leads to geometry.Euclid addressing Ptolemy.