Talma was his friend; Talma taught him his gestures; nevertheless, he always refused to give Talma the Legion of honor! The emperor mounted guard for a sentinel who went to sleep, to save him from being shot.

Those were the things that made his soldiers adore him.

Louis XVIII., who certainly had some sense, was very unjust in calling him Monsieur de Buonaparte.

The defect of the present government is in letting itself be led instead of leading.

It holds itself too low.