The Simple Vanity of this Ass is a very Pertinent Reproof to those Men
that take the Honour and Respect that is done to the Character they
Sustain, to be paid to the Person; as if Mr. Constable should Assume to
his Visage, the Reverence that’s paid to his Commission. There are that
Interpret every Nod or Glance of Civility, in their own Favour, though it
was neither Due to them, nor ever Intended them.