Phocylides

Phocylides of Miletus was an elegiac poet who wrote exclusively quotations (“moral rules”) in hexameter verse that were later composed into a single didactic poem. He introduces many verses with the stereotypical phrase “And thus I say Phocylides” and for this reason he was also called a proverbial poet.
His sayings are not preserved as a complete work but are scattered in references by other authors.