He might be any thing he chose, but he is too indolent for exertion, and seems to think le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
22nd December 1781. By order, Casanova reported to the Tribunal a list of the principal licentious or antireligious books to be found in the libraries and private collections at Venice: la Pucelle; la Philosophie de l'Histoire; L'Esprit d'Helvetius; la Sainte chandelle d'Arras; les Bijoux indiscrets; le Portier des Chartreux; les Posies de Baffo; Ode a Priape; de Piron; etc.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
He was right from his point of view, for he had none of the jeu and all of the chandelle.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone