Agesilaus

His urbanity found its habitual expression not in jokes but in his manner; and when on his dignity, he was never arrogant, but always reasonable; at least, if he showed his contempt for the haughty, he was humbler than the average man. For he prided himself on the simplicity of his own dress and the splendid equipment of his army, on a strict limitation of his own needs and a boundless generosity to his friends.

Added to this, he was the bitterest of adversaries, but the mildest of conquerors; wary with enemies, but very compliant to friends. While ever ensuring security to his own side, he ever made it his business to bring to nought the designs of his enemy.

By his relatives he was described as devoted to his family, by his intimates as an unfailing friend,[*](Xen. Hell. 5.5.45) by those who served him as unforgetful, by the oppressed as a champion, by his comrades in danger as a saviour second to the gods. In one respect, I think, he was unique.