It is all they can do to keep their sabres in they sheaths when they meet.

And then he knows our weak points.

Savary's thirst for money, Cambaceres's vanity, Duroc's bluntness, Berthier's foolishness, Maret's insipidity, Talleyrand's mania for speculation, they are all so many tools in his hand.

I do not know what my own greatest weakness may be, but I am sure that he does, and that he uses his knowledge.' 'But how he must work!' I exclaimed.
'Ah, you may say so,' said de Meneval.

'What energy! Eighteen hours out of twenty-four for weeks on end.