George Sand was methodical and had a ready pen, but she lacked the more essential qualities of a Parisian journalist,.
But he had many qualities less desirable.
He possessed many excellent qualities, bravery, piety and generosity; but his reign is memorable rather in the history of the house of Habsburg than in that of the kingdom of Germany.
If the source of power lies neither in the physical nor in the moral qualities of him who possesses it, it must evidently be looked for elsewhere--in the relation to the people of the man who wields the power.
Nor did he combine great statesmanlike qualities with exceptional ability in the field.