do the same." Instead of that he would have expected the threat to be that Perdiccas would be quite happy to do without his company- He would often insist loudly that the gods had given to men the means of living easily, but this had been put out of sight, because we require honeyed cakes, unguents and the like. Hence to a man whose shoes were being put on by his servant, he said, " You have not attained to full felicity, unless he wipes your nose as well ; and that will come, when you have lost the use of your hands." Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, " The great thieves are leading away the little thief." Noticing a lad one day throwing stones at a cross (gibbet), " Well done," he said, " you will hit your mark." a When some boys clustered round him and said, " Take care he doesn't bite us," he answered, " Never fear, boys, a dog does not eat beetroot." To one who was proud of wearing a lion's skin his words were, " Leave off dishonouring the habiliments of courage." When some one was extolling the good fortune of Callisthenes and saying what splendour he shared in the suite of Alexander, " Not so," said Diogenes, " but rather ill fortune ; for he breakfasts and dines when Alexander thinks fit." Being short of money, he told his friends that he applied to them not for alms, but for repayment of his due. When behaving indecently in the marketplace, he wished it were as easy to relieve hunger by rubbing an empty stomach. Seeing a youth starting off to dine with satraps, he dragged him off, took him to his friends and bade them keep *7