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.

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 wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all read more

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to read more

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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.