It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.
Elizabeth IThey best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.
Elizabeth IIf I should say the sweetest speech with the eloquentest tongue that ever was in man, I were not able to express that restless care which I have ever bent to govern for the greatest wealth.
Elizabeth I