- Aging Writer: Ah, the great Daniel Webster!
- Daniel Webster: The drunk Mr. Hardy.
- Aging Writer: Better drunk than a whore, I always say.
- Daniel Webster: Better neither than both.
- Daniel Webster: Mr. Stone. Man of the hour. You're quite a success.
- Jabez Stone: Thank you.
- Daniel Webster: It wasn't meant as a compliment.
- Daniel Webster: And so it was that the chariot of the devil smote down Jensen. You see, Jensen was a loose end. And the devil doesn't like loose ends, if you know what I mean.