- George Warleggan: [to Ross] Damn you and Goddamn your family!
- Lord Devoran: Gentlemen! This does not become either of you!
- Ross Poldark: [Deadpanned] We do it all the time.
- Dr. Dwight Enys: [Ross laughs upon hearing that George Warleggan has been elected to Parliament] Oh, for pity's sake, Ross. I'd sought to anticipate your reaction in many ways, but laughter was not amongst them.
- Ross Poldark: Well, when the Burgesses roar like laboring elephants, only to produce a mouse like George, what would you have me do but laugh?
- Ross Poldark: [to Elizabeth] If the truth were known, there never was a premature birth in Cornwall... especially in Cornwall.