227. Variety "Some change in the form of life, gives from time to time a new epocha of existence. In a new place there is something new to be done, and a different system of thoughts rises up in the mind." Johnson: Letter to Boswell Link 1,114. Society; Stimulation; Variety "Long confinement to the same company, which perhaps similitude of taste first brought together, quickly contracts his faculties, and makes a thousand things offensive that are in themselves indifferent: a man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind." Johnson: Rambler #112 (April 13, 1751) Link