The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.

The point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources.

It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.

Rumpole, you must move with the times." "If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them.

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.