I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

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.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

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.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

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.]