To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

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.

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.]

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

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

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

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

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.