Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.

A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.

You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.

Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation, and that even the dullest evening spent watching television is preferable.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

People have found very significant and simple ways to cheat their employer and get money out of their employers, and many companies lack good internal controls.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

If we could support school curricula about social class, we might discuss the full complexity of 'wealth' within the parameters of our children's educational lives. Out of these lesson plans, we might talk more about what society values - and whether it rewards the right things.