Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

The general's disdained
By him one step below, he by the next,
The next by him beneath; read more

The general's disdained
By him one step below, he by the next,
The next by him beneath; so every step,
Exampled by the first pace that is sick
Of his superior, grows to an envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation:
And 'tis this fever that keeps Troy on foot,
Not her own sinews.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.

The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.

With that malignant envy which turns pale,
And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

With that malignant envy which turns pale,
And sickens, even if a friend prevail.