End of a long, dull reading: "Cheer up, friends. I see land."

The source

"End of a long, dull reading: "Cheer up, friends. I see land."" Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

"when he came to the end of the book ... Be of good cheer, my friends ... I see land"

C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).

Who said it

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.

Questions

Who said "End of a long, dull reading: "Cheer up, friends. I see land.""?

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.

What is the original wording?

when he came to the end of the book ... Be of good cheer, my friends ... I see land (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.