A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.
Henry David Thoreau

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
Titus Livius

At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the expression of horror at the shameless haste with which the government appears to be pressing for our liquidation.
Ethel Rosenberg

But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation.
Gustav Stresemann

Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.
Edward Whymper

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.
Augustine Birrell

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
William Congreve

Haste is of the Devil.
St. Jerome

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.
Horatio Nelson

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
William Godwin

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Silius Italicus

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Lord Byron

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard

My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.
Mark Lawrenson

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.
George Byron

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Benjamin Franklin