A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.
Nothing is sacred to a gamester.
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.