Restoration

Katharine:
You know, in Ireland a man with a horse, a cart and a book he knows how to read is the catch of the county.

Robert Merivel:
Well, perhaps when we have made fire of the cart and eaten the horse and wiped our asses with the book, you'll become better acquainted with what you have caught.

Robert Merivel:
I must restrain my farts and do something altogether more productive.

King Charles II:
For her husband I need a man who is far too fond of women in general to love one in particular

King Charles II:
Love was the only thing not asked of you. Indeed it was the only thing expressly forbidden of you.

Robert Merivel:
Fear is our greatest enemy, and hope is our greatest weapon against the disease.

Lady Celia Clemence:
We live in an age when many are made fools and many are deceived.

Katharine:
Every man on earth has his leaving step. If my husband had been a small man, he would not have been able to leave me. But he was a large man, and stepped over me as I slept, one great stride.

Merivel:
A most lavish affair! Who is to be married?

King:
Celia Clemence.

Merivel:
I understood she was your mistress!

King:
Then you understood right, Merivel... Miss Clemence is to be married and seemingly dispatched out of London with her husband, while in fact, I secrete her near the river in queue - the better to sport with her unobserved... For her husband, I need a man who is far too enamored of women in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular...