Excerpt from Napoleon III and His Court
A rochefoucauld, author of the Maxims, says that it requires greater virtues to endure good than evil fortune. In our previous volume we have described the exiles, misfortunes, illusions, and chagrins of Louis Napoleon. In this one we shall describe his joys and successes.
At the time of his marriage the second Emperor was happy.' Everything smiled on him. He seemed to have made a pact with fortune. His only remaining regret was that his mother, Queen Hortense, who even in blaming his absurd Stras bourg expedition had never failed to console and encourage while every one else disowned and insulted him, was no longer there to behold his triumph.
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