I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.

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

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.