Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more

Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

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

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

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.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

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

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

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?