The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The thoughts of the diligent (and the steady-persevering) (tend) only to plenteousness; but of everyone (that is) hasty (and therefore not perseveringly diligent), only to want - (Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4.) Lord Bacon advises us 'not to measure despatch by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of the business. A wise man had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner. To choose time is to save time.' "Let us run," not with haste, but "with patience, the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1; cf. Matthew 13:5-6, "forthwith," Matthew 13:20-21; Romans 2:7).