James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Thales

[Greek]—Be security, and mischief is nigh.

Hope is the only good which is common to all men.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the universe; nothing stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.

Take time by the forelock.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

You never can elude the gods when you even devise wrong.