Variety's the source of joy below,
From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,
In books and love the read more

Variety's the source of joy below,
From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,
In books and love the mind one end pursues,
And only change the expiring flames renews.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

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.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

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.]

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

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

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

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

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