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

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.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.

He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.

There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands, so faithful liegemen should keep their regards at home and not look after foreign crowns. For my part I like not for my sheep to wear a stranger's mark nor to dance after a foreigner's whistle.

If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.