- [first lines]
- Oliviero Carafa: Since the defeat of France, the kingdom of Naples has been without a sovereign. On behalf of my flock, I ask you, Holiness, to invest Federigo d'Aragona, brother of our late liege, with the crown.
- Rodrigo Borgia: Federigo is a good man, but he has little experience in government. We fear more unrest if he rules.
- Oliviero Carafa: He is an admiral.
- Giulia Farnese: Must we talk politics?
- Rodrigo Borgia: Yes, La Bella.
- Giulia Farnese: Then come, ladies, we shall adjourn to a more festive room and gossip...
- Giulia Farnese: Rodrigo sees you as uniquely qualified to make decisions in his name. A large step and good training.
- [imitating him]
- Giulia Farnese: "Listening to the desires of others is the key to learning their weaknesses."
- Masked Man: Loyalty is a price paid not to the highest bidder, but the better man.
- Lucrezia Borgia: Do you know what God sounds like? Like a dove flying through a gentle snowfall. I have been searching for the sound of His voice, the clarity, ever since.
- Pedro Calderón: On the battlefield, I learned that there are experiences you can only truly have once. The good ones, you must cherish, for they are your first and last. And the bad ones Take comfort, for they are your first and last.
- [last lines]
- Cesare Borgia: Sometimes, I think that I am God's monster.
- Alessandro Farnese: Then do not kill me.
- Cesare Borgia: Beg for your life.
- Alessandro Farnese: Please, do not kill me.
- Cesare Borgia: Coward. I did not whimper when Marcantonio shoved his cock up my ass. I fought, as any man would. Are you a man, Alessandro? This fetus inside Silvia must belong to someone else. You have no balls, you never had. I could gore you, as a bull does.
- Alessandro Farnese: Then do so, if that will make you feel good about yourself. But I know you, Cesare. In an hour, you will be drowning in a Tiber of remorse, weeping over my carcass. What I did was misguided, but done out of love. What you do now is pride. The worst sin against God, self-love.
- Cesare Borgia: You and I are henceforth enemies...