Detached

"You should learn to forget what I say. I know I do." (Season 1)

"Haven't you heard? I don't have a heart. Everyone knows that." (Season 1)

"Poor little orphan." (Season 4)

"You must pay no attention to the things I say." (Season 4)

Cynical

“How many times am I to be ordered to marry the man sitting next to me at dinner?” (Season 1)

“It's easy to be generous when you have nothing to lose.” (Season 1)

Practical

“Cheer up, come the revolution it may be useful to have a contact on the other side.” (Season 2)

"You may be surprised to hear, but a match that is wanted by everyone can turn out to be extremely happy." (Season 4)

"I'm not often called sentimental." (Season 4)

Traditional

“I shall be Countess of Grantham one day. And in my book the Countess of Grantham lives at Downton Abbey.” (Season 3)

Feminist?

“Woman like me don’t have a life. We choose clothes, and pay calls and work for charity and do the season. But really we are stuck in a waiting room until we marry.” (Season 1)

Playful

“I’ve been married, I know everything.” (Season 4)

“Tonight you’ve made me play truant and I like it.” (Season 4)

“I find that both irritating and beguiling in equal measure.” (Season 4)

Vulnerable

"Dear Lord, I don’t pretend to have much credit with you. I’m not even sure that you’re there. But if you are, and if I’ve ever done anything good, I beg you to keep him safe." (Season 2)

"Such good luck." (Season 2)

"I hope to be your Lady Mary Crawley for all eternity." (Season 3)

Reflective

"Because somehow with Matthew’s death, all the softness that he found in me seems to have dried up and drained away. Maybe it was only ever there in his imagination." (Season 4)

"Sometimes I don't know whom I'm most in mourning for, Matthew or the person I used to be when I was with him." (Season 4)

Consistently, cruel to Edith

"At least I'm not fishing with no bait." (Season 1)

"Honestly Papa, Edith is about as mysterious as a bucket." (Season 4)

"I’d rather sleep on the roof than share with Edith." (Season 4)

"Oh, stop moaning." (Season 4)

Competitive

“Would I ever admit to loving a man who preferred someone else over me?" (Season 2)

"Let battle commence." (Season 4)