"On the principle that a living ass is better than a dead lion?"
"Perhaps so. I don't analyse my feelings."
"I am content to take your liking me, without examining too curiously into the materials it is made of. Only we need not walk at a snail's pace."
"Very well. Walk at your own pace, and I will follow. Or stop still and meditate, like the Hamlet you compare yourself to, if I go too fast."

Walk at your own pace, and I will follow. Stop and meditate, like Hamlet, if I go too fast.'
