Many times he has traversed Paris from one end to the other, to decline an invitation to dinner, or to give some trivial information, rather than write a few lines which would have spared him all this trouble and loss of time.

His handwriting was quite unknown to the greatest number of his friends.

It is said he sometimes departed from this custom in favor of his beautiful countrywomen, some of whom possess several of his notes written in Polish.

This infraction of what seemed to be a law with him, may be attributed to the pleasure he took in the use of this language.
He always used it with the people of his own country, and loved to translate its most expressive phrases.

He was a good French scholar, as the Sclaves generally are.