Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

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.

Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.

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.