Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy.

He also publiGiacomo Casanovad abundantly in French under the name Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". His autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century.