Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

The earth was made so various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change
And pleased read more

The earth was made so various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change
And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]

Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.

Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.