Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata

A poor man brought to him an apple of extraordinary size which he accepted with pleasure, and at the same time he remarked, By Mithras I swear it seems to me that this man would make a big city out of a small one if it were entrusted to his charge. [*](Ibid. chap. iv. (1013 B).)

Once in a precipitate retreat his baggage was plundered, and as he ate dry figs and barley-bread he exclaimed, What a pleasure is this which has never been mine before! [*](Ibid. chap. xii. (1017 B_ is a similar story regarding stale water.)