The point is not whether we live or die, but how it is done.

In that respect King Carol set an example to us all.
I hope King Ferdinand may never forget that, together with the throne, his uncle bequeathed to him a political creed, a creed of honour and loyalty, and I am persuaded that Your Majesty is the best guardian of the bequest.
Your Majesty's grateful and devoted CZERNIN.
When I said that King Carol fought the fight to the best of his ability, I intended to convey that no one could expect him to be different from what he always was.

The King never possessed in any special degree either energy, strength of action, or adventurous courage, and at the time I knew him, as an old man, he had none of those attributes.

He was a clever diplomat, a conciliatory power, a safe mediator, and one who avoided trouble, but not of a nature to risk all and weather the storm.

That was known to all, and no one, therefore, could think that the King would try to put himself on our side against the clearly expressed views of all Roumania.