If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

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.

I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.

I would not open windows into men's souls.

Be of good cheer, for you will never want, for the bullet was meant for me, though it hit you.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.