Acquire Quote by John Hancock

That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt,…

— Adam Smith

A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which…

— John Jortin

When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in spite of…

— Zicheng Hong

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle…

— Joseph Addison

Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion,…

— Charles Simmons

It is in the middle classes of society that all the finest feeling, and the most amiable propensities of our nature do principally nourish…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his…

— Samuel Johnson

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man,…

— Ann Radcliffe

Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a…

— George Stillman Hillard

Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the…

— William Penn

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

— Chanakya

“This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor…

— Adam Smith