The Dowager Countess

What is a week-end?

This show would be almost nothing without Violet.

Is it really true? I can’t believe it. Last night, he looked so well! Of course it would happen to a foreigner, it’s typical.

I’m not being ridiculous. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house, especially someone they didn’t even know.

I don’t dislike him, I just don’t like him — which is quite different.

“What is a weekend?”

Sir Richard: Do you always play charades on Christmas night?

Me: This isn’t charades, this is the game.

Sir Richard: Do you enjoy these games — in which the player must appear ridiculous?

Me: Sir Richard, life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.

A picture is worth a thousand words.