O lord! your wise men are the greatest fools upon earth; they reason about their enjoyments, and analyse their pleasures, whilst the essence escapes.
Source: Flutter in The Belle's Strategem, Act IV, Sc. I.
-- Hannah Cowley, (NA 1743-1809), English playwright; She is best known for Who's the Dupe?, 1779 and The Belle's Strategem, 1780s.