Again, an instance of his foresight that I
 find worthy of praise is this: believing it to be good for Greece that as many satraps as
 possible should revolt from the king, he was not prevailed on either by
 gifts or by the king’s power to accept his hospitality, but was careful
 not to give cause to those who wanted to revolt for mistrusting him. There is yet another side of his character
 that everyone must admire. It was the belief of the Persian king that by
 possessing himself of colossal wealth, he would put all things in subjection
 to himself. In this belief he tried to engross all the gold, all the silver
 and all the most costly things in the world. Agesilaus, on the contrary,
 adopted such a simple style in his home that he needed none of these things.