Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue

No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level. [Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]

Envy, like fire, soars upward. [Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.]

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. [Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum est.]