People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremoney are two things. [ Marcus Antonius ]

Quality and title have such allurements that hundreds are ready to give up all their own importance, to cringe. to flatter, to look little, and to pall every pleasure in constraint, merely to be among the great, though without the least hopes of improving their understanding or sharing their generosity. They might be happier among their equals. [ Goldsmith ]