- Vannozza Catanei: [exploring the statue eyes closed] Smooth. Cold, but yet also warm.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti: You feel the cold because you touched the stone. But you feel warmth because there is life inside.
- Vannozza Catanei: All my life I have been fearless. I have had to be. But this morning I awoke and I am afraid. I fear that I am losing myself.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti: [suddenly gets up and topples his statue, breaking it to pieces] If you lose your way then start again.
- Cesare Borgia: Threats fade if not backed by action. I will lead an army across Romagna, reclaiming all pontifical rights and obediences.
- King Louis: Your bravi are tough, but an army they are not.
- Cesare Borgia: Ah, mon bon ami, you will provide me with an army.
- King Louis: Gascon and Breton mercenaries?
- Cesare Borgia: Swiss and Scot kill with more efficiency.
- King Louis: 6,000 men.
- Cesare Borgia: 12,000 men! Give me troops, sire. I will march into Milan and capture the ducal throne for you.
- King Louis: And so you shall, *General* Borgia.
- Cesare Borgia: Is it not an especial sin to lie in the house of the Lord?
- Guillaume Briconnet: Not as great a sin as murder. The fate that befell my son at your hands.
- Cesare Borgia: You have another son. Perhaps he too will die before you. You are not in an alley in the city of vipers, Rome.
- Guillaume Briconnet: [rushing toward him] You are in France, a civilized country where men do not stab other men and then stroll off.
- Cesare Borgia: You speak true, Briconnet. I need to be more clever covering the tracks of my boots.
- Cesare Borgia: You cannot marry Guy. He is less than the man you imagine him to be.
- Carlotta d'Aragona: Yes. And you are better than the man I assumed you to be.
- Rodrigo Borgia: We cannot fight force with force, but we can with cunning. This begins by turning our enemy into an ally.
- Ascanio Sforza: Ludovico attempted such a gamble, and was betrayed by King Charles.
- Rodrigo Borgia: Cesare informs us that Louis possesses none of the Anjou pride. Still, should he invade Milan, we will impose an interdict upon France. Cutting them off from the Holy Sacraments - from salvation.
- Ascanio Sforza: You must issue the interdict *before* Louis invades.
- Rodrigo Borgia: Good idea.
- Lucrezia Borgia: The Terni captain is quite fine. What is his name?
- Giovanni di Fonsalida: Sidonius Grimani, from a very noble ancient Ternian family.
- Angela Borgia Lanzol: [eagerly] Is he married?
- Guiliano Della Rovere: How did you know Briconnet had stolen?
- Cesare Borgia: Everyone steals. With Briconnet I did not know how much, until now.
- Guiliano Della Rovere: The arrival of Bishop d'Amboise is most fortunate.
- Cesare Borgia: Fate is my mistress.
- [last lines]
- Man: [banging at Lucrezia's door] Governor, come at once. Your brother has been hurt.