"Shining parts, like the bright colourings of porcelain, or the lustres of glass in a well furnished house, are beautiful decorations and striking ornaments; but good sense, like the solid service of plate, is alone substantial and intrinsically valuable."
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;