- Willy Armitage: [after swapping out the diamond] Can't tell this one from the fake.
- Barney Collier: No, not if you don't look too closely.
- [first lines]
- Proprietor: Can I help you?
- Daniel Briggs: Yes, I'm looking for an authentic Franklin Roosevelt.
- Proprietor: I have several.
- Daniel Briggs: I want just the initials FDR, in his own hand.
- Proprietor: They are hard to get. I only have one. It's on the flyleaf of a book. Would that be acceptable?
- Daniel Briggs: If it's in ink.
- Proprietor: It is. You'll excuse me, I have some work to do in the back.
- [last lines]
- Rollin Hand: I'm kind of sorry.
- Barney Collier: Why?
- Rollin Hand: Well, for a while there, I almost believed it really could produce diamonds.
- Daniel Briggs: It did... the one we were after.