He is a great prince; he will be the master of the world.

He gave me the medal of St.Helena, and the Cross of an Officer.
Little Leblanc, an old friend and a true heart, conducted me into his presence; he is Marshal of France, too, and a Duke of the new empire! As for promotion, there's no more need of speculation on that head.

A prisoner of war in Prussia and in a triple coffin, I return with my rank; so says the military law.

But in less than three months I shall be a brigadier-general--that's certain; he deigned to promise it to me himself.

What a man! A god on earth! No more conceited than he of Wagram and Moscow, and, like him, the father of the soldier.