There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and that seeing a ship sailing by with a fair wind, he said that it would soon sink; and presently it sank before his eyes. At another time he was drinking some water which had been drawn up out of a well, and he foretold that within three days there would be an earthquake; and there was one.
Diogenes LaertiusHe used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
Diogenes LaertiusIf appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.
Diogenes Laertius