1The Athenians long missed him, not only in war but also in peace. 1For he was of such generosity that, though he had estates and gardens in many places, he never set a guard in them to protect the produce, so that no one should be prevented from enjoying whatever of his property he wished. 2Attendants with money always followed him, so that if anyone needed his help, he would have something to give at once, lest by putting it off he should seem to refuse. 2Often, when he saw someone ill-used by fortune and poorly dressed, he gave him his own cloak. 3Every day a dinner was cooked for him on such a scale that he could invite to his house all those he had seen in the market place without an invitation, and he let no day pass without doing this.
3No one lacked his protection, no one his help, no one his means: he made many rich, and buried at his own expense many poor men who had not left enough to pay for their funeral. 4Since he behaved like this, it is not at all surprising that his life was free from care and his death bitterly mourned.