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

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst

There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.

Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.

Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects.

Princes have big ears which hear far and near.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.