ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
See excitement.
dignity: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ. τὸ σεμνόν.
rank, position: P. and V. τιμή, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό.
