Elizabeth I: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of quotes from Elizabeth I and selected facts about Elizabeth I. “A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.” “A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.” “Strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.” “Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.” “Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” “Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.” “Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.” “For me it will be enough that a marble stone should declare that a queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.”