Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

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.

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.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

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.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

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

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

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.