In [chess], where the pieces have different and bizarre motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound.
Source: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841).
-- Edgar Allan Poe, (Jan 19 1809-1849), US poet, short-story writer; He is famous for his mysterious, macabre stories and poems, e.g., The Gold Bug, 1843 and The Raven, 1845.