Few men have been admired by their domestics.—Montaigne: Essays, book iii. chap. 2.
This phrase, "No man is a hero to his valet," is commonly attributed to Madame de Sévigné, but on the authority of Madame Aissé (Letters, edited by Jules Ravenal, 1853) it really belongs to Madame Cornuel.
[740:5] See Heywood, page [15].
Though this may be play to you,
'T is death to us.
Roger L' Estrange: Fables from Several Authors. Fable 398.