- Perry Mason: [to Bessie] You can't afford to lie to them, and you can't afford to tell them the truth. You're in a jam, and you've got to keep quiet! Do you understand that?
- Perry Mason: Remember, Cartwright, don't have secrets from your lawyer. I won't betray your confidence.
- Della Street: I'm afraid you're on pretty thin ice, Mr. Mason.
- Perry Mason: Will you skate with me? I haven't fallen through yet.
- Della Street: It's dangerous.
- Perry Mason: Will you take a chance?
- Della Street: You know I will.
- District Attorney Claude Drumm: Mason, you've got the reputation of being one of the shrewdest criminal lawyers in the country.
- Perry Mason: Thank you.
- District Attorney Claude Drumm: But even the cleverest lawyer sometimes puts his foot into it.
- Perry Mason: Good morning, Della. What's new?
- Della Street: Mostly bills. Honestly, it's a shame the way you spend money.
- Perry Mason: Huh huh. Well, I keep it in circulation.
- Della Street: Who's going to take care of you in your old age?
- Perry Mason: You will, my dear. You'll take in washing, and I'll sit by the fire and dream about the courtroom triumphs of my youth.