Character: the Countess of Grantham

Oh, these reflections on the eternal... I think they are too overrated.

It's so easy to avoid people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends - that's the real test.

I don't see the logic.
- Its not. If I was looking for logic, it is certainly not among the English aristocracy.

- How about a dance?
- I thought I'd keep her company.
- Don't use me as an excuse. If you don't want to dance tell him.

- I'm leaving in the morning, lady Grantham. The more we see each other.
- You promise?

I like it when young people standing up for their principles.
To have principles is to be a priest. Noble, of course. But it is not appropriate at parties.

- We were talking about how charming this room is.
- Here it was much darker when I raised my mother-in-law... However, she was not a bright man.

Quit whining and do something.

Sorry, always wanted to ask - a halo too tight?

- I was talking to Cora.
- Are you in vain.
Me own wife not to talk?
- What? I know couples who do not talk for years and happy.

Is this your first experience of jazz, the Countess of Grantham?
Oh, so that's what it is. You think anyone of them knows what the others play?

- Do you want to apologize?
- Definitely not.
- How you hate to be wrong!
For all I know. I know the feeling unfamiliar.

- I suspect that she's a tough cookie...
And I harsh the Nutcracker!

- Don't be afraid. All my life I travel without my maid. And I can share with you my experience of survival in the jungle.
- Do you even can not offer, not proclaiming loudly about their moral superiority?
- And you always need to sound like sister Mary Atoinette?
The Queen of Sicily was a consistent person. I'll take that as a compliment.
- You take everything as a compliment.
- I advise you to do the same. This saves many embarrassing situations.