Famous quotes containing the words chief and/or queen:
“The wisest conservatism is that of the Hindoos. “Immemorial custom is transcendental law,” says Menu. That is, it was the custom of the gods before men used it. The fault of our New England custom is that it is memorial. What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)