Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,-not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.

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.

Whichever you do, you will repent it.

That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it.

Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.