I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart

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.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me

Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it.

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.