He sent ten thousand pounds to Xenocrates the philosopher, but when Xenocrates would not accept them, and said he had no need of them, Alexander asked whether Xenocrates had not a single friend. ‘For, in my case,’ said he, ‘the wealth of Darius was hardly enough for my friends.’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 331 E and 333 B, and Plutarch's Life of Alexander, chap. viii (668 E).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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