It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
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It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'

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

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

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.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

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.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]