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

If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.

I can assure you that the class system is alive and well and living in people's minds in England.

I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century.

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

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant.