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

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

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all read more

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

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.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

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

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

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?

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.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.