The manager of the opera wished to get up a special performance in his honour; but he declined the offer.

When I observed that it must be agreeable to him to see his fellow-citizens so eagerly running after him, he replied, "Bah! the people would crowd as fast to see me if I were going to the scaffold." -- [A similar remark made to William III.

on his lending at Brixham elicited the comment, "Like the Jews, who cried one day 'Hosanna!' and the next 'Crucify Him! crucify Him!'"]-- On the 28th of December Bonaparte was named a member of the Institute, in the class of the Sciences and arts.
-- [Napoleon seems to have really considered this nomination as a great honour.

He was fond of using the title in his proclamations; and to the last the allowance attached to the appointment figured in the Imperial accounts.

He replaced Carnot, the exiled Director.]-- He showed a deep sense of this honour, and wrote the following letter to Camus; the president of the class: CITIZEN PRESIDENT--The suffrage of the distinguished men who compose the institute confers a high honour on me.