- Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard, Q.C.: The danger here is passive alcoholism. You have heard of passive smoking?
- Horace Rumpole: Yes, I heard of it, but personally I prefer the active variety.
- Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard, Q.C.: When we invite colleagues to dinner at Waltham Cross, we make it clear our home is an alcohol-free zone.
- Horace Rumpole: Oh really? Well you'll probably find it's a Rumpole-free zone as well, old darling.
- Horace Rumpole: Claude seems to conduct his love life with a maximum of embarrassment to all concerned and a minimum of sexual satisfaction.