We read in the London papers about this Prince of Wales, Monsieur de Laval, and I do not think that he comes very well out of the comparison.' I thought of the long record of Brighton scandals, London scandals, Newmarket scandals, and I had to leave George undefended.
'As I understand it,' said I, 'it is not the Emperor's private life, but his public ambition, that the English attack.' 'The fact is,' said de Caulaincourt, 'that the Emperor knows, and we all know, that there is not room enough in the world for both France and England.

One or other must be supreme.

If England were once crushed we could then lay the foundations of a permanent peace.

Italy is ours.
Austria we can crush again as we have crushed her before.

Germany is divided.