ðə dˈʌk də sˈeɪntsˈaɪmən, hˌuː mˈæɹid hɪz nˈiːs, spˈiːks hˈaɪli ʌv hˌɪm ɪn hɪz mˈɛmwɑːɹz ænd nˈoʊts ðæt hiː wʌz ɪn sˈʌtʃ fˈeɪvɚ wɪð lˈuːi ɹˌoʊmən fˈoːɹtiːn ðˈæt hiː " kʊd mˈoːɹ ɔːɹ lˈɛs sˈeɪ wʌt hiː plˈiːzd".
The Duc de Saint-Simon, who married his niece, speaks highly of him in his memoirs and notes that he was in such favour with Louis XIV that he " could more or less say what he pleased".