"Jealousy is in some measure just and..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.”

“Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry.”

“The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.”

“Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.”

“Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple”

“How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!”

“The scene I had just witnessed (a couple making love in the ocean) brought back a lot of memories – not of things I had done but of things I had failed to do, wasted hours and frustrated moments and opportunities forever lost because time had eaten so much of my life and I would never get it back. I envied Yeoman and felt sorry for myself at the same time, because I had seen him in a moment that made all my happiness seem dull.”

“Not praising the deserving prevents envy.”

“No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.”