Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.

They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.

There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.

[To Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, on his return from self-imposed exile, occasioned by the embarrassing flatulence he had experienced in the presence of the Queen:] My Lord, I had forgot the fart.

Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul.

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.

I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart