He could always dissemble without entirely forgetting his grievances.

Certainly, if he were the forgiving Christian he pictured himself, it is passing strange to reflect upon the ultimate fate of Egmont, Horn, Montigny, Berghen, Orange, and a host of others, whose relations with him were inimical.
His extravagance was enormous, and his life luxurious.

At the same time he could leave his brother Champagny--a man, with all his faults, of a noble nature, and with scarcely inferior talents to his own--to languish for a long time in abject poverty; supported by the charity of an ancient domestic.

His greediness for wealth was proverbial.

No benefice was too large or too paltry to escape absorption, if placed within his possible reach.