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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.