Giacomo Casanova

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.