The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 4

King Louie: It's just like the Duke to be late. He's always paraded himself as my equal, when Savoy is little more than a pimple on France's chin.
Richelieu: A strategically important pimple, Sire, the vital defence against Spanish influence on our border.
King Louie: I'm aware of that, Cardinal. So is the Duke, otherwise he wouldn't keep us standing around all day.

Duke of Savoy: Cardinal Richelieu. I've seen healthier-looking corpses. You spend too much time at your desk.
Richelieu: Well, I assure you I'm quite robust.
Duke of Savoy: I rejoice in your good health.

Duke of Savoy: This outrage could work to our advantage. Find out if there's any truth to the rumour that Cluzet languishes in a French prison.
Gontard: The matter is already in hand, Your Grace.
Duke of Savoy: Perhaps Richelieu thinks I have forgotten my Chancellor, but he is very wrong. If France had anything to do with Cluzet's disappearance, the Cardinal can whistle for his treaty.

D'Artagnan: Care to tell me what's going on?
Aramis: Marsac's an old friend.
D'Artagnan: An old friend? An old friend who just tried to kill the Duke of Savoy?
Aramis: Hear him out. Marsac was one of the best soldiers in the regiment.
D'Artagnan: He's a Musketeer?
Aramis: He was.
Marsac: We were brothers once. For the sake of our old friendship, let me prove what I know!
Aramis: I need you to keep quiet about this for now.
D'Artagnan: Have you gone mad?
Aramis: Possibly, but... I owe him my life.
D'Artagnan: If this gets me hanged, I'm going to take it very personally.

Treville: How in God's name did he escape?
Athos: We lost him in the grounds.
Aramis: He just, er, got away.
Treville: Didn't you see him either?
D'Artagnan: I, um, slipped.
Treville: You slipped?
D'Artagnan: Wet grass.
Treville: There's a killer on the loose, and the security of the nation hangs by a thread, but at least little D'Artagnan didn't get a nasty bruise.

Treville: This is your doing!
Richelieu: Why would I seek the Duke's death?
Treville: I want your word this is not another of your deadly games! I know how your mind works, your endless tricks and deceptions.
Richelieu: Oh, yes, yes, yes. I am the grand deceiver, and you are the bluff, honest man of action. I'm familiar with the roles we play, Captain.

Aramis: I've thought of you many times... wondered how you were living.
Marsac: Precariously. A musket for hire with thieves for company and one eye on the door.

Richelieu: That whole incident was a tragic misunderstanding.
Cluzet: You forget who you're talking to. I saw the orders with my own eyes.
Richelieu: So you did. And then you urged the Duke to violent retaliation. Now, if you hadn't given him that advice, you might still be free and the Duke would be signing a treaty with Spain. It's strange how history turns on the smallest decision.
Cluzet: If you're trying to crush my spirit, you won't succeed.
Richelieu: Your spirit is of little interest to me, crushed or otherwise. Total solitude. Unlimited time to reflect. I almost envy you.

Duke of Savoy: I will fight a duel... with this Musketeer. (points to Athos) If he wins, then we discuss the treaty. But, If I triumph... then I return home immediately.
Richelieu: Sorry. I assume you're joking? (approaches Treville) Will your man win?
Treville: Athos is the best swordsman in the regiment.
Richelieu: That's not what I asked.

Duke of Savoy: A bodyguard of Musketeers. It's like being protected by wolves.

Richelieu: Honour? There is no word in the language more likely to cause stupidity and inconvenience.

Richelieu: Are you finally ready to sign the treaty?
Duke of Savoy: There will be no treaty, Cardinal. Not now, not ever.
Richelieu: Might I enquire why not?
Duke of Savoy: Because France is a nation of liars and cheats.
Richelieu: I appreciate a melodrama as much as the next man, but an explanation might help clarify things.

Richelieu: Has anyone tried to contact your guest recently?
Jailer: How could they when no-one knows he's here?
Richelieu: It was a simple question. A yes or no answer would have sufficed.

D'Artagnan: What happened in Savoy?
Aramis: We were camping near the French border. It was a training exercise. We had no reason to be on our guard. We were attacked in the night, most of our men killed as they slept. Marsac and I knew we were going to die, but we fought side by side, regardless, like soldiers.
D'Artagnan: How did you survive?
Aramis: I was wounded. Marsac dragged me to safety in the woods. He didn't go back to fight. He hid in the trees, watching the massacre. When I woke the next morning, I found him sitting amongst the bodies, overcome with shame and remorse. He felt he should have died too.

Richelieu: Need I remind you that we are tied together by decisions we both took in Savoy five years ago?
Treville: There's not been one night since then I haven't thought of it.
Richleiu: You're very sensitive for a man in the business of killing.
Treville: Death in battle is one thing, but your world of back-alley stabbings and murder disgusts me.
Richelieu: Not everything I do is pleasant, but it's all necessary.

Richelieu: Young Louis Amadeus is a fine boy. He will soon make an excellent ruler of Savoy.
King Louis: Not yet, Cardinal, the Duke is still a strong man in good health.
Richelieu: Accidents happen, your Majesty. One must be prepared.

Constance: You brought a wanted man into my house? A deserter?
Athos: Deserter and assassin.
Porthos: I'm guessing they didn't mention that part.
Marsac: Failed assassin, technically.
Constance: Oh, you can keep quiet.