There is the spring from which he flowed.' I could see in the gentle, spaniel-eyes of the secretary that he was disturbed by the frankness of de Caulaincourt's remarks.
'You can tell that we do not live under a very terrible tyranny, Monsieur de Laval,' said he, 'or we should hardly venture to discuss our ruler so frankly.

The fact is that we have said nothing which he would not have listened to with pleasure and perhaps with approval.

He has his little frailties, or he would not be human, but take his qualities as a ruler and I would ask you if there has ever been a man who has justified the choice of a nation so completely.

He works harder than any of his subjects.

He is a general beloved by his soldiers.