Selecta ex Aeliano

"But let us also rival the ambition of Alcibiades, by being ambitious not to accept what has been sent." And when someone said to him that it is a great thing to obtain those things that one desires, he said: "But it is a greater thing not to desire anything at all."

XXXIV. (Book 9, 30.)

Anaxarchus, when he was campaigning with Alexander, learned beforehand that winter was approaching and that Alexander intended to make camp in a place without firewood. He hid all the baggage he had in his quarters and loaded the pack animals with wood. When they arrived at the camp and there was a shortage of wood, Alexander's own beds were burned so that he might be able to keep himself warm. When someone announced that there was fire at Anaxarchus's quarters, Alexander went to him and warmed himself in the tent of Anaxarchus. Having learned of his foresight, he praised him highly and gave him double the amount of what he had thrown away, both in goods and clothing, in exchange for the use of the fire.

XXXV. (Book 9, 33.)

An Eretrian youth had attended Zeno's lectures for a long time. When he returned, his father asked what wise things he had learned. The boy said he would show him. When the father became angry and inflicted blows upon him, he