The ensemble of his person was harmonious, and called for no especial commentary.

His blue eye was more spiritual than dreamy, his bland smile never writhed into bitterness.
The transparent delicacy of his complexion pleased the eye, his fair hair was soft and silky, his nose slightly aquiline, his bearing so distinguished, and his manners stamped with so much high breeding, that involuntarily he was always treated EN PRINCE.

His gestures were many and graceful; the tone of his voice was veiled, often stifled; his stature was low, and his limbs slight.

He constantly reminded us of a convolvulus balancing its heaven-colored cup upon an incredibly slight stem, the tissue of which is so like vapor that the slightest contact wounds and tears the misty corolla.
His manners in society possessed that serenity of mood which distinguishes those whom no ennui annoys, because they expect no interest.

He was generally gay, his caustic spirit caught the ridiculous rapidly and far below the surface at which it usually strikes the eye.
He displayed a rich vein of drollery in pantomime.