"Men are caught indeed by the effusions of a brilliant fancy and bright imagination; but its refulgence and flashes, like the coruscations of the diamond, serve only to sparkle in the eye of the beholder, and to dazzle his sight, without further use or advantage to any one: whereas practical good sense circulates like current coin to general profit."
A Treatise on Gaming [from A Full Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide: To Which are Added (As Being Closely Connected with the Subject) Two Treatises on Duelling and Gaming]
Charles Moore, <u>A Full Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide</u> (London: Rivington, 1790). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=f24PAAAAIAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;