- Lady Mary Crawley: Ah, Granny, thank God you're here. What else could I tell them about the library?
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: The library was assembled by the fourth Earl. He loved books.
- Lady Mary Crawley: What else did he collect?
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Horses and women.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Oh, roll up, roll up, visit an actual dining room! Complete with a real life table and chairs!
- Mrs. Hughes: I'm an experienced housemaid and a housekeeper for how many years? And he doesn't think I can make a bed.
- Mrs. Patmore: Well, you always knew he was old to be trained as a husband.
- Mrs. Hughes: Have you found anyone to hit with that yet?
- Mr. Carson: If I had my way, I'd hit the lot of them.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Is he worth it?
- Lady Edith Crawley: As opposed to your car mechanic?
- Tom Branson: I'm a car mechanic, thank you.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Edith, you can manage for a day without us, can't you?
- Lady Edith Crawley: I can manage without you for as long as you want.
- [at dinner, everyone is discussing the plans to open the house to paying visitors for the day]
- Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: Heavens, it's like the Belgians waiting for for the invasion.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Or the monkeys in a zoo.
- Isobel Crawley: [re: Cora's involvement in the hospital] She's very competent.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Very competent - she could lead a revolution without turning a hair.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Do be logical.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: I am sick and tired of logic. If I could choose between principle and logic, I'd take principle *every* time!
- Mrs. Hughes: You have a very poor opinion of your fellow man.
- Mr. Carson: I have the opinion that life has taught me.
- Henry Talbot: [to Mary] You're a great catch, but you're also a woman I happen to be falling in love with.
- Mr. Carson: [to Barrow] But you are the underbutler, a post that is fragrant with memories of a lost world.
- [the governors at the local hospital have asked Cora to take over as president, a role that Violet has performed for many years. Violet regards this as treachery]
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [to Robert] Tell Cora I do not wish to see her face until I'm used to having a traitor in the family.