Capítulo 54
[54.1] Charillus the king, being asked why Lycurgus enacted so few laws, replied that people who used few words had no need of many laws. Cf. Moralia, 232 B, infra, and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xx. (52 D).
[54.2] When one of the helots conducted himself rather boldly towards him, he said, By Heaven, I would kill you if I were not angry. Cf. Moralia, 232 D, infra.
[54.3] In answer to the man who inquired why he and the rest wore their hair long, he said that of all ornaments this was the least expensive. Attributed to Nicander, Moralia, 230 B, and to Agesilaus by Stobaeus, Florilegium, lxv. 10.