- Darios: [after seeing a court servant die from drinking poison] Somehow I've lost my desire for wine.
- [he pours his wine out onto the floor]
- Lissipu: [to Darios] I imagine soldiering is not a simple job, especially when you have to play the hero all day.
- Diala: [pinned under fallen beam] There's no pain at all. Funny, I... I... I wanted so much, but I die without getting anything.
- Thar: It's a waste of time to try to get anything out of these jackals. See that they're all kept in chains while I go and prepare for their execution.
- Thar: Look at them run. Imbeciles. They forsake me when I need them most. And you, you're not afraid? Well, Diala, why don't you forsake me too?