| Quote | Character |
| I'm sorry you haven't received more invitations. But then, after four Seasons, one is less a debutante than a survivor. | |
| Why shouldn't she learn to cook and scrub? She may need it when the war's over. Things are changing. For her lot and us, and when they do I mean to make the most of it. | |
| Do you promise? | |
| To dry the ink, silly. We wouldn't want his Lordship's hands to be as black as yours. | |
| You're American. You don't understand these things. | |
| I never would've taken her there. I may be a Socialist but I'm not a lunatic. | |
| What should we call each other? | |
| No one ever learned anything from a governess except for French and how to curtsy. | |
| Are we to be friends then? | |
| See here... none of the rooms belong to you... I am in charge of your welfare and that gives me every right. | |
| Oh, my Lord. Listen to that. It's like the cry of the banshee. | |
| Why are the papers ironed? | |
| I don't see why I couldn't just refuse it. | |
| Oh, you know Mary. She likes to be in at the kill. | |
| Don't worry Carson. I know all about hard decisions when it comes to the honour of Downton. | |