The best Quotes by Queen Elizabeth I

The best Quotes by Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
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.
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.