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

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

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

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

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

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

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

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

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

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

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.