Anger makes dull men witty; but it keeps them poor.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Eyes of youth have sharp sight, but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
– Queen Elizabeth I
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I may not be a lion, but I am lion’s cub and I have lion’s heart.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Better a beggar woman and single than married and queen.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I will have but one mistress and no master.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my Crown, that I have reigned
with your loves.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
– Queen Elizabeth I
The use of the sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any
people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any
possession thereof.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
– Queen Elizabeth I
From mine enemy let me defend myself; from a pretensed friend, good lord deliver me.
– Queen Elizabeth I
Christ was the word that spake it. He took the bread and break it; And what his words did
make it; That I believe and take it.
– Queen Elizabeth I
I observe and remain silent.
– Queen Elizabeth I
My mind was never to invade my neighbours.
– Queen Elizabeth I
He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.
– Queen Elizabeth I
If I were turned out of my realm in my petticoat, I would prosper anywhere in Christendom.
– Queen Elizabeth I
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
– Queen Elizabeth I
You may have many a wiser prince sitting in this seat, but you never have had, or shall have,
any who loves you better.
– Queen Elizabeth I