Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
No master can make me swear blind obedience.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.