“Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

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

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

I'm not someone who will make a decision in haste and let loneliness decide the wrong partner for me.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.