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

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

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

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

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr read more

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr ergotzt, als
Einerleiheit des Etwas.]

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

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

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.

Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object read more

Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object of desire is known,
Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.