Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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

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

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too 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.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

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.'

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.