Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ REFLEXION. 'Tis a Vanity Common in the World, for Every Pretending Coxcomb to make himself One of the Party still with his Betters. They cry Wee to Every thing, and make themselves Necessary upon All Occasions, and to All Purposes, and People, when upon the Truth of the Matter, they are found to be good for Just Nothing at all. ”
