- Pope Paul III: [about Michelangelo's flare of temprament] We forgive him because he is a genius... whatever that is.
- Pope Paul III: You and I have done well, Campeggio, to avoid the craft of women. Celibacy is an immense relief.
- Mary Boleyn: Do I have to ask your opinion to fall in love?
- Thomas Boleyn: Yes! We are royalty! Everything is different!
- King Henry VIII: Charles, I want to ask you a question. Have any of the women you've bedded with lied about their virginity?
- Charles Brandon: Their virginity? I'd say it's the other way around.Did any of them not lie about it?