Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

A rich man has no need of character. – Proverb

My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur. – Earl of Arran