Certainly in a well-ordered republic it would cost the life of a man who had thus trifled with the reputation of an ambassador.
I believe M.de Barneveld will be sorry, but this will never restore to me the confidence which I have lost.

If one was jealous of my position at this court, certainly I deserved rather pity from those who should contemplate it closely.

If one wished to procure my downfall in order to raise oneself above me, there was no need of these tricks.

I have been offering to resign my embassy this long time, which will now produce nothing but thorns for me.

How can I negotiate after my private despatches have been read?
L'Hoste, the clerk of Villeroy, was not so great a criminal as the man who revealed my despatches; and L'Hoste was torn by four horses after his death.