早はや牛うしも淀よど、遅おそ牛うしも淀よど

expression

there is no point in hurrying; haste makes waste

Proverb literally meaning 'fast oxen end up in Yodo, slow oxen also end up in Yodo'. Yodo was a post station just south of Kyoto; the idea is that whether you hurry or go slowly, you reach the same destination, so rushing is pointless.

• 「早はや牛うしも淀よど、遅おそ牛うしも淀よど」というから、そんなに急いそがなくても大だい丈じょう夫ぶだよ。

  As the saying goes, 'Fast oxen end up in Yodo, slow oxen also end up in Yodo,' so you don't need to rush that much.