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

There is always time for failure

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

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

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

You can still get your point across when you speak calmly and politely. The way you say things makes all the difference. There is never a need to make a negative situation any worse than it is.

Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

O Death, O Beyond, Thou art sweet, thou art strange!

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.

Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet though you do not see them

Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.

And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been