“When Cyrus the Great invited friends to dinner and then couldn't come, he'd send them food anyway so they knew he was thinking of them.”
More from Cyrus the Great
“No kindness between man and man comes more naturally than sharing food and drink.”
“Better to live in a rugged land and rules than to cultivate rich plains and be a slave.”
“Don't eat your breakfast until you've sweated for it.”
“Unlike you, Kryzantos never waits to be called.”