Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

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.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

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.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.