- Rodrigo Borgia: We have chastised Cesare for being so elusive, yet his success supports his methods.
- Vannozza Catanei: I bring two cures, the waters from Santa Maria via Lata, and this... From a priest in the Basilica who owed me some money.
- [holds up a vile]
- Vannozza Catanei: The last physical trace of Jesus Christ on earth. The holy pipius. Preserved since our Lord's circumcision in the temple of Jerusalem.
- Giovanna Farnese: You think this divine foreskin can rescue Silvia?
- Vannozza Catanei: Combined with sacred water and our trust in the goodness of God.
- Giovanna Farnese: To have faith in the unknown is like having faith in one's husband. Yet sometimes you have no other choice.
- Lucrezia Borgia: [entering] Della Rovere will surrender Bologna.
- Rodrigo Borgia: [chuckles] How I God's great heaven did you convince that son of a fish monger to help your cause?
- Lucrezia Borgia: We danced.
- Johan Burchard: Dance? Della Rovere danced?
- Rodrigo Borgia: [to Alfonso and Lucrezia] My God bless this union with eternal bliss and ten strong children.
- Della Rovere: It is rare when love and politics intercept.
- Riario Sansoni: Why then did you give up Bologna?
- Della Rovere: This way Lucrezia will tell her brother that I am able compromise, when the music is right.
- Aurelio Borgia Matuzzi: Since finishing my studies in Pisa I've been traveling our great peninsula, working as a priest where ever one is needed, learning the souls of our people.
- Rodrigo Borgia: And what do they say of us, the Pope?
- Aurelio Borgia Matuzzi: You are respected by many, feared by all. Some question your methods, some applaud.
- Rodrigo Borgia: Diplomatic answer, Aurelio. A trait we could sorely use around here. Tell us, how would you like to work at the Vatican? We need a young sharp mind, greater than our own.
- [looking over at Buchard]
- Rodrigo Borgia: Our the ones that bedevil us. Be our new Papal Secretary.
- Lucrezia Borgia: My son suffers from my mistakes.
- Cesare Borgia: As most children do from their parents.
- Cesare Borgia: Do you dance, Niccolo? You seem like someone who does not dance.
- Niccolo da Correggio: Well, I have no time for dancing.
- Cesare Borgia: I fear without pleasure, without every single one of my senses alert and alive, I would go mad. You see, I know that I stand in danger of my life ending at the sharp edge of a sword. So I devote the rest of my time to fine living and reckless enjoyment.
- [last lines]
- Lucrezia Borgia: Were you involved in Alfonso di Calabria's death in any way?
- Alfonso D'Este: My love, no! After the feelings you and I have shared, the truth of our inner selves, how can such an accusal come to you mind? I do not kill. Yes, Alfonso and I were at odds, but... well, he wanted me dead - he even tried once. But I did not kill him, Lucrezia. And I am wounded that you would even ask... You believe me, do you not?
- Lucrezia Borgia: I do.
- Alfonso D'Este: Then come, be my glorious "Helen."
- [offers some of his orange]