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.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.

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

Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.

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.