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.

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

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.

The letter of application ... should be a masterpiece of fiction, papering over all the cracks. Get it properly typed on decent writing paper. Never let it run over the page, people get bored with reading.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

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.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.