Pope Sixtus V

“It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.”

“While I live, every criminal must die.”

“Nato di casa illustre.”

“She certainly is a great queen, and were she only a Catholic she would be our dearly beloved. Just look how well she governs; she is only a woman, only mistress of half an island, and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all.”