Class is not about how much money you have, but how you carry what you have.

The true aristocrat is not the one who looks down on others, but the one who doesn't need to.

Wealth whispers, money talks, poverty screams - but class listens.

The upper class keeps logs, the middle class keeps diaries, and the lower class keeps memories.

Old money dresses to not be noticed; new money dresses to not be forgotten.

Class is what you exhibit when you have nothing to prove.

The most impenetrable class barrier is the one in the mind.

Money can buy privilege, but it cannot buy grace under pressure.

The working class worries about bills, the middle class worries about status, the upper class worries about legacy.

True class is being comfortable with anyone, and making anyone comfortable with you.

Gated communities are not just about security - they're about curating one's social environment.

The nouveau riche buy art; old money inherits the stories behind it.

Education can lift you out of your class, but your accent often tells the story of where you started.

Social mobility is the American dream; social stratification is the American reality.

The most exclusive clubs don't have signs out front - you have to know they exist to find them.

Class is revealed not in how you treat your equals, but in how you treat those who can do nothing for you.

Wealth can be inherited, but class must be cultivated.

The upper class sends their children to schools where they learn to maintain the system; the middle class sends theirs to schools where they learn to succeed within it.

Luxury is not about having what you want, but about excluding those who can't have it.

The language of class is spoken in subtle cues: vocabulary, posture, taste, and what you take for granted.

Social capital often matters more than financial capital in maintaining class position.

The working class dreams of security, the middle class dreams of success, the upper class dreams of maintaining.

First generation makes it, second generation spends it, third generation studies it.

Class boundaries are most visible in moments of crisis - who has safety nets, and who falls through the cracks.

The truly classless are those who move between worlds without losing themselves in any of them.

Privilege is invisible to those who have it, and glaringly obvious to those who don't.

Old wealth knows how to wait; new wealth knows how to acquire; no wealth knows how to survive.

The ultimate luxury is not having to think about money; the ultimate poverty is having to think about nothing else.