Hiero

Xenophon

Since, it would seem, all living creatures alike take pleasure in meats and drinks, in sleep and sexual joys. Only the love of honour is implanted neither in unreasoning brutes nor universally in man.

As far as what I read, Hiero, was interesting, a fictional dialog between a king (or despot) who had supposedly risen to power from a lower status and a famous poet. It's a typical example of the dialog.
It focuses mainly on what pleasure or happiness there is in being a king as opposed to being a peasant or other person of lowly status. While I'm sure Xenophon was quite the reasoner in his day, I couldn't help feeling that there was a hollowness to his case that being King is much worse than being impotent villager. But then again, I wonder if any amount of logic could convince a person that less is better.