All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

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 alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.

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

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]

Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]

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.

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

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