I would not open windows into men's souls.
There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!
Princes have big ears which hear far and near.
There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me