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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

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.]