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

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

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

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

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

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.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.