The Lion and the Ass.
An ass was one day travelling with a lion, who wanted the assistance of his bray in frightening the animals he was hunting. The ass felt very proud of his company, and did not like to speak to his old acquaintances.
As they were travelling along in this manner, the ass met an old friend, of his own race, who very civilly bade him a good morning. The ass started back with a stare, and said, “really, you are very impudent—I don’t know you!”
“Why not?” replied his friend: “because you are in company with a lion, are you any better than I am—anything more than an ass?”
Those narrow-minded people, who, in prosperity, forget the friends of their humbler days, are about as wise as the ass in the fable.