Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?

Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more

Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.