Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.

Always be nice to everyone in the firm on the way up. You never know who you may meet on the way down.

Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do.

There is something infinitely dingy about the word workshop. Pray that England doesn't become a nation of workshopkeepers.

Meetings ... are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go, but you're cross not to be asked.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.