1.
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.
Witold Gombrowicz
4.
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
Jean de la Bruyere
8.
Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
[Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]
Jean de la Bruyere
9.
I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.
Francois Rabelais