Once his mind was made up, it was impossible to change it; he was impervious to tears and supplications or bribery, completely unapproachable, and often responded to with silence, sending petitioners away without a word of reply
χαίρων τὰ πλεῖστα τῇ ἀφασίᾳ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 54.87-55.96