He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.

Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
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It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]

Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

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?