On the other hand, one must not omit a reference to the dignity that he
 showed on appropriate occasions. Thus, when the Persian envoy who came with
 Calleas, the Lacedaemonian, handed him a letter from the Great King
 containing offers of friendship and hospitality, he declined to accept it.
 Tell his Majesty, he said to the bearer, that there is no need for him to
 send me private letters, but, if he gives proof of friendship for Lacedaemon , and goodwill towards
 Greece , I on my part will be
 his friend with all my heart. But if he is found plotting against them, let
 him not hope to have a friend in me, however many letters I may receive. 
 In this contempt for the king’s hospitality, as nothing in comparison with
 the approval of the Greeks, I find one more reason for praising
 Agesilaus. Admirable too was his opinion that it is not for the ruler
 with the deeper coffers and the longer roll of subjects to set himself
 above his rival, but for him who is the better leader of the better
 people.