Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Make haste slowly.

Make haste slowly.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

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 makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

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

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.]

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

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.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.