we Princes are set as it were upon stages, in the sight and view of all the world. The least spot is soon spied in our garments, a blemish quickly noticed in our doings.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
If we still advise we shall never do.
He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.