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.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

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

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

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying read more

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

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.]

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.