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 Trifles light as air
 Are to the jealous confirmations strong
  As proofs of holy writ.  
 Trifles light as air
 Are to the jealous confirmations strong
  As proofs of holy writ. 
 Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that 
supplants us all in the long read more 
 Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that 
supplants us all in the long run. 
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
He that is jealous is not in love.
He that is jealous is not in love.
 Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their 
objects than love.  
 Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their 
objects than love. 
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
 O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
 It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
  The meat it read more 
 O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
 It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
  The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss
   Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;
    But O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
     Who dotes, yet doubts--suspects, yet strongly loves! 
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.