All authority must be out of a mans self, turned * * * either upon an art, or upon a man. BaconNatural History. Century X. Touching emission of immateriate virtues, etc.
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain. ButlerMiscellaneous Thoughts. L. 283.
Thou hast seen a farmers dog bark at a beggar, And the creature run from the cur: There, thou mightst behold the great image of authority; A dogs obeyed in office. King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 6. L. 159.
Those he commands, move only in command, Nothing in love: now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giants robe Upon a dwarfish thief. Macbeth. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 19.
But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what hes most assurd, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 117.