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.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

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.]

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

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

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

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.