Elizabeth I

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

“We princes are set on stages in the sight and view of all the world.”

“A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.”

“It is not my desire to make windows into men's souls.”

“I will have but one mistress and no master.”

“The past cannot be cured.”

“Video et taceo.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.”

“Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak, you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.”

“There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.”

“All my possessions for a moment of time.”