I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

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

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.