How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.
Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.
There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.
Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.
How can we explain the perpetuity of envy--a vice which yields no return?
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