If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Elizabeth I

If we still advise we shall never do.
Elizabeth I

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
Elizabeth I

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

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
Elizabeth I

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.
Elizabeth I

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

The end crowneth the work.
Elizabeth I

The past cannot be cured.
Elizabeth I

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
Elizabeth I

The word must is not to be used to princes.
Elizabeth I

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.
Elizabeth I

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
Elizabeth I

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.
Elizabeth I

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.
Elizabeth I

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

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.
Elizabeth I

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
Elizabeth I

Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
Elizabeth I

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
Elizabeth I