Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
Jonathan Sacks
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
Sallust
Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
Jacopo Sannazaro
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
William Shatner
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
William Shenstone
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
Vittorio De Sica
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
Susan Sontag