“- Charlotte Taylor Wilson: I have only one regret... that you will not live to see the glorious revolution that you have brought about...
- Zorro The Gay Blade: Why doesn't she say something like, I will love you forever? When's she going to say that?”

Lauren Hutton - Charlotte Taylor Wilson
George Hamilton - Zorro

“All is fair in love and war, and this is revolution!”
Fred Astaire - Jerry Travers

“- Veronica Franco: The Latin for banana is arienna. Banana tree is pala. A woman's greatest, and most hard-won asset... is an education.
- Giulia De Lezze: Just because you can say it in Latin doesn't make it any less obscene.
- Veronica Franco: Just because you took a vow doesn't mean you know how to love.”

Catherine McCormack - Veronica Franco
Naomi Watts - Giulia De Lezze

“Do you want the child to stop with his father who loves him but will bring him up badly, or do you want him to come to Salston, where no-one loves him but he will be brought up well?”
Helena Bonham Carter - Caroline Abbott

“I tried to prove myself to you, but I know nothing of books, or alphabets, or sun, or moon or… All I know is Joseph loves Shannon.”
Tom Cruise - Joseph Donnelly