One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

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.

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.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.

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.

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.