Author and editor Nicholas Coleridge with daughter Sophie. We like all of Nicholas's observations and wisdom - perhaps these were the best.
"I've noticed that people with a sense of humour invariably survive better than neurotic, perpetually anxious ones.
Marry someone nice
Another crucially important one. Only marry nice men who are going to be kind. It's fine to have dangerous, unpleasant, unreliable boyfriends — by all means have several at university — but don't actually marry them.
Never marry men who eat wine glasses as an after-dinner stunt or have a crazy gleam of madness in their eyes. Because probably it is madness, and it's seldom a long-term good bet."
Extracted from a speech to leaving girls at Queen Margaret's School, York. Nicholas Coleridge is managing director of Condé Nast magazines. His novel Deadly Sins is published by Orion (£12.99).
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