Elizabeth I

I have good reason to fear, since I have been more than once under the axe.

Let us have no more words, but deeds.

God's death! I will have but one mistress here and no master.

I know the least of any prince that ever wore a crown.

A good face is the best letter of recommendation.

There is nothing that brings you more honor than to be able to keep your word.

I will not open a window into men's souls.

My only strength and safeguard is the love and goodwill of my subjects.

Fortune has taken from me my mother and my father, and given me in their stead a kingdom.

I would rather be dead than any other than myself.

When princes err, the people are punished.

I am resolved to live and die in this my virginity.

Let us look to ourselves, and not abroad.

I shall be a good queen to you.

This realm of England is an absolute empire, and hath been so of ancient time.

I have ever used to set the Last Judgment Day before mine eyes and so to rule as I shall be judged.

I know what it is to be a subject, and what to be a sovereign.

The more mighty a prince is, the more humble he ought to be.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

I have the heart of a King, and a King of England too.