Elizabeth I

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

The end crowneth the work.

Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.

I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.

The word must is not to be used to princes.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.

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 we still advise we shall never do.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.