But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and exhausted all the good that fiction could give and do.
George SaintsburyThe hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority.
George SaintsburyI do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast.
George SaintsburyWhen [wines] were good they pleased my sense, cheered my spirits, improved my moral and intellectual powers, besides enabling me to confer the same benefits on other people. (Notes on a Cellar Book)
George Saintsbury