He would not.

If he did not like things he would intrigue, he would look below the surface, he would join a party, he would be capable of waiting, biding his time.

I am only seventeen, Francois; but it is of all things the most important for a prince to learn to read men, and to study their characters, and I am getting on.
"'Your cousin is not ambitious.

He would never conspire for his own advantage, but he would be an invaluable minister and adviser, to a prince in difficulties.

The Admiral meant well, but he was wrong in refusing to let me have Philip Fletcher.