- [Neelix, disguised as a Ferengi, is returning some of the previously collected payments to the Takarians]
- Sandalmaker: Is he another Sage?
- Kafar: Have you ever seen a Sage give away money?
- [Neelix, in Ferengi-disguise, is posing as the Grand Proxy, representative of the Grand Nagus]
- Neelix: The 299th Rule of Acquisition: "Whenever you exploit someone, it never hurts to thank them. That way it's easier to exploit them the next time."
- Kol: Wait a minute - there's only 285 Rules of Acquisition.
- Neelix: You've been gone a very long time.
- Kol: It's all over. No more limitless profits, no more unquestioning adulation of the masses, no more quadruple lobe-rubs.
- Bard: W-well? What did you think?
- Commander Chakotay: It was... er, very nice.
- Bard: *Nice?* I'll wager you've never heard the Song of the Sages more beautifully or faithfully recited!
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: He's got a point. We have *never* heard the Song of the Sages more beautifully recited.
- Merchant: [after dealing a couple of clay ears for Paris' shoes] Gentlemen, as the Sages say, your goods are now my goods.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: And my feet are now cold.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Captain, I must remind you that the Ferengi are not members of the Federation. They are not bound by the Prime Directive. Nor would it seem that the Prime Directive would allow us to interfere with the internal affairs of this society, as much as we may disapprove of what the Ferengi are doing.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The Federation did host the negotiations. And if it weren't for those negotiations, the Ferengi wouldn't be here. So one could say - without being unreasonable, I think - that the Federation is partially responsible for what's happened - and therefore duty-bound to correct this situation.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: That is a most logical interpretation, Captain.
- [Neelix, as the Holy Pilgrim, and the two Ferengi are to be burned]
- Kafar: We are fulfilling the destiny of the Sages.
- Neelix: I am the Holy Pilgrim, and I have come to tell you that there's another verse to the song. It's, uh, uh... "Please, er, don't burn the Holy Ones!"
- Kafar: I'm sorry, Holy Pilgrim, but that's not part of the song.
- Bard: And there, amid the eastern lights, Three new stars appeared that night / And with the ringing of the bell, The Sages knew where they must dwell / The Holy Pilgrim led them back, High into the sky of black / And riding on the wings of fire, The holy men rose higher and higher!
- Arridor: I'm sure the Grand Nagus wouldn't want to lose such a lucrative revenue stream. The wormhole seems to open and close on its own every seven or eight years. We would be willing to forward a fair share of the profits every time it does, say, twenty percent?
- Kol: That's coming out of your half!
- The Doctor: [on the comm system] Sickbay to Lt Tuvok.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Go ahead, Doctor
- The Doctor: Ensign Murphy was just found unconscious on Deck 2.
- Kes: He has a severe concussion.
- The Doctor: We suspect foul play.