Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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.