Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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

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

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.]

Make haste slowly.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

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.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.