26.6
When Smicythus remarked maliciously of Nicanor that he was always speaking ill of Philip, and Philip’s companions thought that he ought to send for Nicanor and punish him, Philip said, But really Nicanor is not the worst of the Macedonians. We must investigate therefore whether something is not happening for which we are responsible. When he learned therefore that Nicanor was hard pressed by poverty, and had been neglected by him he directed that a present be given to the man. So when again Smicythus said that Nicanor was continually sounding the praises of Philip to everybody in a surprising way, Philip said, You all see that we ourselves are responsible for the good and the ill that is said of us. Cf. Themistius, Oration, vii. 95 B, and Frontinus, Strategemata, iv. 7. 37.
26.7
He said that he felt very grateful to the popular leaders of the Athenians, because by maligning him they made him better both in speech and in character, For I try both by my words and by my deeds to prove that they are liars.
26.8
When all the Athenians who had been taken captive at Chaeroneia were set free by him without ransom, Cf. Polybius, v. 10, and Diodorus, xvi. 87. but asked for the return of their clothing and bedding besides, and complained against the Macedonians, Philip laughed and said to his men, Does it not seem to you that the Athenians think they have been beaten by us in a game of knucklebones ?