hurting other people is not excusable because you've been hurt yourself.

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

in a village you can't sack or fight with someone, as you'll find yourself stuck beside them in the hairdresser's next morning.

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.

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

Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?

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