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

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

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.

I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.

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

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

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

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.