Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Sluggard
Be slow in giving advice, ready to do a service.
Be slow to believe an evil report; deliberate well before repeating it.
Be slow to offend, swift to revenge.(An inscription on a dagger.)
Be slow to promise, quick to perform.
Slow and sure.
Slow at meat, slow at work.
Slow rises wealth by poverty depressed.Dr. Johnson.