_Proverbs quoted by Suetonius_ (Vol. vii., p. 594).--A full explanation of
the proverb [Greek: speude bradeos] {87} will be found in the _Adagia_ of
Erasmus, under the head "Festina lente," p. 588., edit. 1599. That it was a
favourite proverb of the Emperor Augustus is also stated by Gellius, _Noct.
Att._ x. 11., and Macrob., Saturn. vi. 8. The verse,--
"[Greek: asphales gar est' ameinon e thrasus stratelates],"
is from the _Phoenissae_ of Euripides, v. 599.