How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I'll say! You're irresistible. Your face is a picture. Give us a little twirl would you?" (2.5.52)
Frosine knows how to get men to give her money: compliment, compliment, compliment. She doesn't know what she's up against with Harpagon, though, because no matter how much flattery she lays on, she never even comes close to getting him to open his wallet to her.
Quote #2
"I can't abide flatterers, sir, and I can see what he's up to […]" (3.1.72)
Master Jacques actually has a soft spot for Harpagon, even though the old man treats him terribly. Master Jacques hates seeing Harpagon being manipulated by the brown-nosing Valère. Jacques realizes that Valère just sucks up to the old man in order to get into his good books. Also, all of Valère's flattery makes the work of the other servants (like Jacques) way harder.
Quote #3
"All the same, I cannot bring myself to say that I am overjoyed at the prospect that you might be thinking of becoming my stepmother." (3.7.3)
Harpagon thinks that Cléante objects to his marriage because he doesn't want anyone replacing his mother. But in truth, Cléante is in love with the bride-to-be Mariane. Telling her that he doesn't support the marriage is his secret way of saying—in front of his father—that he thinks he should be the person marrying Mariane.