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