- Adam Cartwright: [to Ben] Well Pa, the way I look at it, if a man expects to get ahead in this world, he's got to use his brains instead of his back.
- Jeb Drummond: Maybe I should have let them wranglers string you up for stealin' them three pintos.
- Billy Drummond: Three pintos? Jeb, how in the world did you ever know they were looking for three of them?
- Jeb Drummond: You've got yourself an empire, ain't you Mr. Cartwright? Is it worth your boy's life? Well, is it?
- Ben Cartwright: What do you want, Drummond?
- [last lines]
- Ben Cartwright: Billy, if I catch you standing out of line just once, I'll...
- Adam Cartwright: He'll go get the Sheriff.