Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves.
Elizabeth IWords are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.
Elizabeth IThe use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.
Elizabeth II plucke up the goodlie greene herbes of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, chawe them by musing, and laie them up at length in the hie seate of memorie by gathering them together; that I, having tasted the sweetenes, l may the lesse perceave the bitternes of this miserable life.
Elizabeth I