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James Wood, comp.  Dictionary of Quotations.  1899.
 
Thales
 
  [Greek]—Be security, and mischief is nigh.  1
  Hope is the only good which is common to all men.  2
  Nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the universe; nothing stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.  3
  Take time by the forelock.  4
  The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.  5
  You never can elude the gods when you even devise wrong.  6
 
 
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