Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage A woman's envy?

I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself.

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

The envious will die, but envy never. [Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]