"His Majesty," said a keen observer who knew him well, "has not in his career shown the prudence which was necessary to him.

He has often offended those whose love he might have conciliated, converted friends into enemies, and let those perish who were his most faithful partisans." Thus it must be acknowledged that even his boasted knowledge of human nature and his power of dealing with men was rather superficial and empirical than the real gift of genius.
His personal habits during the greater part of his life were those of an indefatigable soldier.

He could remain in the saddle day and night, and endure every hardship but hunger.

He was addicted to vulgar and miscellaneous incontinence.

He was an enormous eater.