When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in--woe be to truth! and woe be to the vehicle and its tackling (let 'em be made of what stuff you will) upon which he breathes forth the disappointment of his soul!
As I never give general characters either of men or things in choler, "_the most haste the worst speed_," was all the reflection I made upon the affair, the first time it happen'd; --the second, third, fourth, and fifth time, I confined it respectively to those times, and accordingly blamed only the second, third, fourth, and fifth post-boy for it, without carrying my reflections further; but the event continuing to befal me from the fifth, to the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth time, and without one exception, I then could not avoid making a national reflection of it, which I do in these words;
_That something is always wrong in a French post-chaise, upon first setting out._
Or the proposition may stand thus:
_A French postilion has always to alight before he has got three hundred yards out of town._

When a man's wishes hurry on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in - woe be to truth! and woe be to the vehicle upon which he breathes forth his disappointment!
As I never describe men or things in anger, 'more haste less speed,' was all the reflection I made upon the affair, the first time it happened. The second, third, fourth, and fifth time, I blamed only the second, third, fourth, and fifth post-boys, without reflecting further; but when the event befell me a sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth time, I could not avoid making a national reflection:
That something is always wrong in a French post-chaise, upon first setting out.
Or thus:
A French postilion always has to alight before he has got three hundred yards out of town.
