Nor again, though he was a man of surpassing merit in these respects, will Evagoras be
 found deficient in all others, but, in the first place, although gifted by nature with the
 highest intelligence and capable of successful action in very many fields, yet he judged
 that he should not slight any matter or act on the spur of the moment in public affairs:
 nay, he spent most of his time in inquiring, in deliberation, and in taking counsel, for
 he believed that if he should prepare his mind well, all would be well with his kingdom
 also Cf. Isoc. 2.10 . ;
 and he marvelled at those who, while they cultivate the mind for all other ends, take no
 thought of the mind itself. Again, in public affairs he held to the same opinion: for, seeing that those persons who
 look best after realities are least worried, and that the true freedom from anxiety is to
 be found, not in inactivity, but in success and patient endurance, he left nothing
 unexamined: on the contrary, so thoroughly was he cognizant of public affairs and so
 thorough was his knowledge of each of the citizens, that neither those who conspired
 against him took him unawares, nor did the good citizens remain unknown to him, but all
 got their deserts: for he neither punished nor honored them on the basis of what he heard
 from others, but from his own knowledge he judged them. When he had engaged himself in the care of such matters he made not a single mistake in
 dealing with the unexpected incidents which daily befell, but he governed the city so
 reverently and humanely that visitors to the island Cf. §
 51. did not so much envy Evagoras his office as they did the citizens their
 government under him: for throughout his whole life he never acted unjustly toward anyone
 but ever honored the good: and while he ruled all his subjects with strictness, yet he
 punished wrongdoers in accordance with the laws; and while he was in no need of advisers, yet he sought the counsel of his friends. He
 yielded often to his intimates, but in everything dominated his enemies: he inspired
 respect, not by the frownings of his brow, but by the principles of his life—in no thing
 was he disposed to carelessness or caprice, but observed his agreements in deed as well as
 word; he was proud, not of successes that were due to Fortune, but of those that came about
 through his own efforts: his friends he made subject to himself by his benefactions the
 rest by his magnanimity he enslaved: he inspired fear, not by venting his wrath upon many,
 but because in character he far surpassed all others: of his pleasures he was the master
 and not their servant: by little labor he gained much leisure, but would not, to gain a
 little respite, leave great labors undone;