- Sir Geoffrey Dillon: [to Bellamy] It is my experience that most of the harm in this world is done by peple trying quite gratuitously to do more good than they can possibly achieve. Give me an honest villain every day.
- Sir Geoffrey Dillon: [to Richard Bellamy] I can't help your feeling, and I'm not in a position to indulge them.
- Mrs. Bridges: [Admiringly to Emily about a decorated cake] That's half the battle with food... the look of it.