Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
1711 December 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, December 4, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 239; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853