Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.

I think it could be the last one, because it's the more evident

There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not
animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.
Thales

"Plato has Socrates relate the story of how Thales was once walking and at the same time studying
the stars when he fell into a well. A Thracian slave girl mocked him for being so concerned with
what was in the sky that he did not see what was at his feet (Theaetetus 174a). In order to make the
point that philosophy is not only impractical, but even dangerous to one's well-being, Thales is
made to appear ridiculous in this apophthegma."