Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).

When someone inquired of him how they could become able to conquer the Thracians, he said, If we should make the best man our general.

When a physician paid him a visit and said, You have nothing wrong with you, he said, No, for I do not employ you as my physician.