Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves.

And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.

I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.