He had been through the terrible war with the French, and, even before he knew that he was half a Frenchman by blood, he had gladly acknowledged the splendid qualities of the French, their bravery and patience, and their logical minds.

He always said during the worst throes of their revolution that the French would emerge from it greater than ever.
His position was similar in the Revolutionary War with the English.
While he cast in his lot with his own people, and suffered with them, he invariably maintained that the English nation was sound at the core.

He had fought beside them in a great struggle and he knew how strong and true they were, and when our own strife was over he was most eager for a renewal of good relations with the English, always saying that the fact that they had quarreled and parted did not keep them from being of the same blood and family, and hence natural allies.
He consistently refused to hate an individual.

He always insisted that life was too busy to cherish a grudge or seek revenge.

Bad acts invariably punished themselves in the course of time.