- Ross Poldark: [to Elizabeth] There'll come a day when you want me as much as I want you now. Pray God, it's not too late for it'll be your only salvation.
- Charles Poldark: [to Warleggan] You must let me think it over. The ethics of business today do not come easily to me.
- Reverend Johns: Tell me, are the Indians as savage as we're told?
- Ross Poldark: They're much like you or me, Reverend, give or take a few suits of clothes.
- Reverend Johns: Aye, you surprise me, sir. You do surprise me. Well, they're not Christians, of course.
- Ross Poldark: Often more Christian han we.
- Charles Poldark: [about Warleggan] Once he gets his mind set on something, it takes a devil's shoulder to shift him.