[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

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

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

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

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