"As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy." - Antisthenes

"Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies." - Elizabeth Bowen

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." - Buddha

"Jealousy: that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive." - Havelock Ellis, On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue

"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy." - François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"In jealousy there is more of self-love than love." - François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end." - MAX BEERBOHM, Zuleika Dobson

"Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire." - BIBLE, Song of Solomon 8:6

"The ear of jealousy heareth all things." - BIBLE, Wisdom of Solomon 1:10

"Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both." - ROBERT BURTON, The Anatomy of Melancholy

"It is not love that is blind, but jealousy." - LAWRENCE DURRELL, Justine

"Whoever envies another confesses his superiority." - SAMUEL JOHNSON, The Rambler

"Jealousy is all the fun you think they had . . ." - ERICA JONG, How to Save Your Own Life

"Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it." - LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims

"O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on."
- SHAKESPEARE, Othello

"Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ."
- SHAKESPEARE, Othello

"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies." - GORE VIDAL, in Sunday Times Magazine