queen elizabeth i

“ Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind. ”

“ Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ”

“ I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. ”

“ Is it most true that at this day I stand free from any other meaning that either I have had in times past or have at this present. ”

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

“ I will have but one mistress and no master. ”

“ The past cannot be cured. ”

“ We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world. ”

“ There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue. ”

“ I shall desire you all, my lords,...to be assistant to me that I, with my ruling, and you with your service, may make a good account to Almighty God and leave some comfort to our posterity on earth. ”