He is esteemed there as a most worthy man; as an inventor who was more daring than wise; as a devoted patriot; as one of those Poles whose only thought is of Poland and of their Utopia, and who would set fire to the four corners of the earth without wincing, for the sole purpose of procuring embers at which to roast their chestnuts.
I will not return to the subject of the gun; you know all about it.

It seems that there was some good in this explosive gun, and that he who invented it united a sort of genius with ingenuousness, inexperience, and ignorance enough to make one weep.

Nothing can be said against the private character of the man.

He had a few debts, and his tradespeople felt considerable anxiety when he left Vienna one morning on foot.

He had no sooner reached Switzerland than he sent back money to settle everything.