This affair made great noise.

My father, having truth on his side, wished to obtain public satisfaction from M.de la Rochefoucauld.

Friends, however, interposed, and the matter was allowed to drop.

But M.de la Rochefoucauld never pardoned my father; so true it is that we less easily forget the injuries we inflict than those that we receive.
My father passed the rest of his long life surrounded by friends, and held in high esteem by the King and his ministers.

His advice was often sought for by them, and was always acted upon.