Quotes about rank

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

— Giovanni Ruffini

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

— Leszczynski Stanislaus

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

— Henry David Thoreau

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.

— William Wycherley