O Fortune, how thy restless, wavering state has fraught with cares my troubled wit! Elizabeth I More Quotes by Elizabeth I More Quotes From Elizabeth I Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends. Elizabeth I prosperityadversity I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything. Elizabeth I not-afraidheartmen A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head. Elizabeth I strengthhandsreality There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles. Elizabeth I disputesjesuschrist Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul. Elizabeth I chastitysoul 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. Elizabeth I alliesmonstersmoving I don't keep a dog and bark myself. Elizabeth I barkdelegationdog I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet. Elizabeth I learningmenyears The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof. Elizabeth I oceannaturescience It is hard to find beauty in the art of self expression. Elizabeth I expressionselfart [To Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, on his return from self-imposed exile, occasioned by the embarrassing flatulence he had experienced in the presence of the Queen:] My Lord, I had forgot the fart. Elizabeth I queensselfoxford The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower. Elizabeth I recoilthrowersstones This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes. Elizabeth I old-testamenteyelord [To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine. Elizabeth I settlingparliamentduty Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age. Elizabeth I educationaleyesight I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself another self I turned. My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done. Elizabeth I hategrievinglying Affection! Affection is false. Elizabeth I affection One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without. Elizabeth I dozenshouldersmen Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it. Elizabeth I doctrineanswersbelieve I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman. Elizabeth I queenshusbandlove
