| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 470dd47 | Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach. | benefits classification doors exploitation friends friendship hypocrisy life-lessons loyalty people selection social-classes social-gaps social-ladder society | Paulo Coelho | |
| cf9f432 | The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use; but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life. | social-ladder society work | Edith Wharton |