[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. Elizabeth I More Quotes by Elizabeth I More Quotes From Elizabeth I It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends. Elizabeth I friends adversity special It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. Elizabeth I virtue natural sex [On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low. Elizabeth I mary queens lows Hang Irish harpers wherever found. Elizabeth I harper found If our web be framed with rotten handles, when our loom is well nigh done, our work is new to begin. God send the weaver true prentices again, and let them be denizens. Elizabeth I done work integrity Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. Elizabeth I danger war enemy As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust I have found treason. Elizabeth I causes fear world ... [ellipsis in source] it is true that the world was made in six days, but it was by God, to whose power the infirmity of men isnot to be compared. Elizabeth I time men world The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy. Elizabeth I exile doubt joy The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage. Elizabeth I freedom rights air God forgive you, but I never can. Elizabeth I queen-of-england god-forgives forgiving There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving. Elizabeth I queens wise country God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them. Elizabeth I scary soldier bravery I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman. Elizabeth I queen woman me love
