Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.

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

Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.

The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.

... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared.

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

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.