Make haste slowly.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

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

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

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

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.]

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

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.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.