Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

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

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

I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.

I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.

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

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

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

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

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.'

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.