The Sweetest Pleasures Are Those Which Are

[malipiero's Advice To Casanova.] If You Wish Your Audience To Cry, You Must Shed Tears Yourself, But If You Wish To Make Them Laugh You Must Contrive To Look As Serious As A Judge.

Man Is A Free Agent; But He Is Not Free If He Does Not Believe It.

The Man Who Seeks To Educate Himself Must First Read And Then Travel In Order To Correct What He Has Learned.

There Is No Such Thing As Destiny. We Ourselves Shape Our Lives.

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.