Elizabeth I

A woman in a man's world must be twice as good to be thought half as capable.

We have no desire to make windows into men's souls.

I am married to England.

The queen is worth a thousand men.

Fear not, my lords, we shall not fail to maintain the honor of our crown.

In my end is my beginning.

The wiser sort have always told me that, though the queen's majesty must govern by authority, yet it is the subject's duty to advise.

No rain, no gold.

I will make you shorter by the head.

Though I am a woman, I have a man's courage.

My soul is English.

The loyalty of my subjects is my greatest treasure.

I have the heart of a king.

Let others have their pomp; I will have my peace.

A crown is no more than a headache.

We charge you, in God's name, to defend the faith.

The sea is mine, by right of conquest.

I am no actor on the stage of this world.

Fortune favors the bold.

My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it.