When he was 17, Napoleon's gaiety excited great jealousy among his fellow officers. He recalls his 1st love with Mlle du Colombier: “We were the most innocent creatures imaginable; [...] it will scarcely be believed that all our happiness consisted in eating cherries together.”
«Esperaba que (Nápoleón) fuese brusco, y de carácter imprevisible y en su lugar descubrí que era paciente, indulgente, deseoso por agradar, nada riguroso, alegre con una alegría que muchas veces era ruidosa y bromista»
Claude de Méneval, Secretario de Napoleón (1802-1813)