I Will Have Here But One Mistress

I Would Rather Go To Any Extreme Than Suffer Anything That Is Unworthy Of My Reputation, Or Of That Of My Crown.

This Is The Lord's Doing. And It Is Marvelous In Our Eyes.

There Is One Thing Higher Than Royalty: And That Is Religion, Which Causes Us To Leave The World, And Seek God.

I Have Never Been Able To Be So Allured By The Prospect Of Advantages Or So Terrified By Misfortunes, Swayed By Honours Or Fettered By Affection, Nay Not Even So Smitten By The Fear Of Death, As To Enter Upon Marriage.

Much Suspected By Me, Nothing Proved Can Be