- Voltaire: [to his doctor] I'll never die. I haven't time to die, while the thousands of people oppressed, tortured, starving, who need every ounce of my strength - ha ha - no, you can't kill me, Doctor!
- King Louis XV: Do I look romantic enough to be your lover?
- Mme. Pompadour: [feeling his belly] To tell the truth Louis, you're getting a little fat.
- King Louis XV: [looks down at his midsection] Huh?
- Mme. Pompadour: Go and run in the garden with your dogs.
- [Louis laughs heartily]