There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God. – Elizabeth I
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. – Elizabeth I
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman. – Elizabeth I
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. – Elizabeth I