I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I plucke up the goodlie greene herbes of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, chawe them by musing, and laie them… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
