[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.

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.

Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that you havefound other graces in me.

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.