Delay is painful — Every delay, however trifling, seems too long to a man in haste.

Delay is unwise — Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Delay is unwise — Delays have dangerous ends.

Delay is a certain breeder of anger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Mud is noted for its plasticity and is related, by analogy, with biological processes and nascent states.

Mud is reflective of the union of the purely receptive principle (earth) with the power of transition and transformation (water).

Mud is the typical medium for the emergence of matter of all kinds