I know I have but 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.
The past can not be cured.
My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, a...
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.
God forgive you, but I never can.
The past cannot be cured.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
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.
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
I observe and remain silent.
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.