He never moved a step without strong guards attending him: he wore armor under his clothes, and further secured himself by offensive weapons, a sword, falchion, and pistols, which he always carried about him.

He returned from no place by the direct road, or by the same way which he went.

Every journey he performed with hurry and precipitation.

Seldom he slept above three nights together in the same chamber; and he never let it be known beforehand what chamber he intended to choose, nor intrusted himself in any which was not provided with back doors, at which sentinels were carefully placed.

Society terrified him, while he reflected on his numerous, unknown, and implacable enemies: solitude astonished him, by withdrawing that protection which he found so necessary for his security.
His body, also, from the contagion of his anxious mind, began to be affected, and his health seemed sensibly to decline.