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

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

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

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?

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

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