People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

Envy is admiration laced with resentment.

The riper a tree's fruit, the more stones people cast at it.

Be who your enemies dread you'll become.

Do not hold grudges against those who try to keep you down; the higher you go, the smaller they become. Do not trust those who try to push you down once you are up;
the more envious they are, the more dangerous they become.

If your critics lack sense, you are steps ahead of them. If you have sense, you are miles ahead of them.