- Paladin: Yes, but with Montaigne, I believe that man does not need the mortar of truth to seal up the private prisons of his fear.
- Paladin: Why haven't you tried yourself?
- Samuel Keel: Because I'm an Aries. Here, see this, Aries.
- [His medallion with the ram's head]
- Samuel Keel: Here! Aries! Here, you see that? This is where the sun is. You bring Capricorn! Sign into Libra!
- Della the Madam: Smoking again! After all the time I've told you girls about it! You wanna give my place a bad name?
- Paladin: [First lines] Look at it, Keel. The third phase of Neptune has crossed into Cancer, the sign of the skull. Whatever you do will have only one end, your own death.