Giacomo Casanova

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

I loved, I was loved, my health was good, I had plenty of money; I gave in to temptation, I committed follies, but I never knew misfortune.

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read, then travel.

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.

My errors will point a moral for mankind, while my good deeds will serve as an example.

I have met with some of my best friends through accidentally sitting next to them at dinner.

The person who can be of most use to me is the one who can give me the most trouble.

I have always made it a point to prefer an ugly woman who interests me to a beauty who bores me.

I believe that the calculation of probabilities can be applied to the table of the lottery, and that it can be demonstrated that it is a fool's game.

I never had any other object in view than to make my own life pleasant to myself, and I have always found that I was most so when I was able to procure pleasure for my fellow-creatures.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

I am a man of the world, and I know how to make my way.

I always found that the best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The memory of a man's good deeds is immortal.

To conquer a woman, you must first conquer her heart.

I have always been a victim of my own generosity.

I have always been a man of pleasure, and I have never regretted it.

I have always been a man of courage, and I have never feared death.

I have always been a man of good humor, and I have always loved to make others smile.

I have always been a man of good spirit, and I have always loved to live life to the fullest.