Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

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

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

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to read more

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.