[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that you havefound other graces in me.

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.

Who seeketh two strings to one bow, they may shoot strong, but never straight.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.