The Doctor: I think this is the night [King Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour] met. The night of the Yew Tree ball. In no time at flat, she'll get herself established as his official mistress, with her own rooms at the palace... even her own title, Madame de Pompadour.
Rose Tyler: [sarcastically] Queen must have loved her...
The Doctor: Oh, she did. They got on very well.
Mickey Smith: [disbelieving] The King's wife and the King's girlfriend?
The Doctor: France. It's a different planet.
Rose Tyler: [sarcastically] Queen must have loved her...
The Doctor: Oh, she did. They got on very well.
Mickey Smith: [disbelieving] The King's wife and the King's girlfriend?
The Doctor: France. It's a different planet.
Lily: (after Ted tells the gang that Robin was married in Canada) Yeah, well, you still shouldn't have told us. I mean, what kind of boyfriend are you?
Ted: See, that's just it. I'm not the boyfriend, I'm the mistress. No, not the mistress. The mastress. Master. What do you call it?
Barney: I'm pretty sure we're gonna call it mistress.
Ted: See, that's just it. I'm not the boyfriend, I'm the mistress. No, not the mistress. The mastress. Master. What do you call it?
Barney: I'm pretty sure we're gonna call it mistress.
— How I Met Your Mother, "Slap Bet"
"Fidelity is more than mere display,
It's what a man expects from life.
Fidelity like mine to Desiree
And Charlotte, my devoted wife."
It's what a man expects from life.
Fidelity like mine to Desiree
And Charlotte, my devoted wife."
— Carl-Magnus, A Little Night Music, "In Praise of Women"
