Elizabeth I

"I am my father’s daughter, and I am not afraid of anything."

- Elizabeth I

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

- Elizabeth I

"God forgive you, but I never can."

- Elizabeth I

"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."

- Elizabeth I

"If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married."

- Elizabeth I