Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.
All my possessions for a moment of time.
Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
The word must is not to be used to princes.
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
