- Alexander Craig: [referring to a firing squad] If you're to survive in this country, Captain Poldark, you must steel yourself. You'll see worst sights than that, I promise you.
- Sam Carne: [Sam and Drake are arguing over Drake falling for Morwenna Chynoweth] I don't like seeing you bang your Head against a wall. You can't marry a girl of her class and there's an end on it.
- Drake Carne: Others have, sister has
- [referring to Demelza and Ross]
- Drake Carne: .
- Sam Carne: [Yelling] That's different. This the other way around.
- Drake Carne: Then tell me who puts love there?
- Sam Carne: If it is love.
- Drake Carne: Who puts it there?
- Sam Carne: God.
- Drake Carne: Then it don't matter which way around it be.