"Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love."
"Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was never set on worldly goods, but only for my subjects' good."
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Source: Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament, in S. Clarke 'The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History' (1675) pt. 2, bk. 1 'The Life of Queen Elizabeth' p. 94
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