早 はや牛 うしも淀 よど、遅 おそ牛 うしも淀 よど

hayaushimo yodo osōshimo yodo

1. there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo — literal