Rumpole, You Must Move With

I Suppose True Sexual Equality Will Come When A General Called Anthea Is Found Having An Unwise Lunch With A Young, Unreliable Model From Spain.

Marriage Is Like Pleading Guilty To An Indefinite Sentence. Without Parole.

Success Is Good For The Character.

I Found Criminal Clients Easy And Matrimonial Clients Hard. Matrimonial Clients Hate Each Other So Much And Use Their Children To Hurt Each Other In Beastly Ways. Murderers Have Usually Killed The One Person In The World That Was Bugging Them And They're Usually Quite Peaceful And Agreeable.

Like Childhood, Old Age Is Irresponsible, Reckless, And Foolhardy. Children And Old People Have Everything To Gain And Nothing Much To Lose. It's Middle-age Which Is Cursed By The Desperate Need To Cling To Some Finger-hold Halfway Up The Mountain, To Conform, Not To Cause Trouble, To Behave Well.