I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. – Giacomo Casanova
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. – Giacomo Casanova
I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. – Giacomo Casanova
I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness… Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour. – Richard Eyre