submitted himself to this code of proprieties.
Traditionally, and through education, he had consideration for others, at least for the people around him; his courtiers becoming his guests without ceasing to be his subjects.
There is nothing of this sort with Napoleon.

He preserves nothing of the etiquette he borrows from the old court but its rigid discipline and its pompous parade.

"The ceremonial system," says an eyewitness, "was carried out as if it had been regulated by the tap of a drum; everything was done, in a certain sense, 'double-quick.'[1287]...

This air of precipitation, this constant anxiety which it inspires," puts an end to all comfort, all ease, all entertainment, all agreeable intercourse; there is no common bond but that of command and obedience.

"The few individuals he singles out, Savary, Duroc, Maret, keep silent and simply transmit orders....