There Are Certain Defects Which,

It Is The Habit Of Mediocre Minds To Condemn All That Is Beyond Their Grasp.

Some Weak People Are So Sensible Of Their Weakness As To Be Able To Make A Good Use Of It.

Some Disguised Deceits Counterfeit Truth So Perfectly That Not To Be Taken In By Them Would Be An Error Of Judgment.

Absence Cools Moderate Passions, And Inflames Violent Ones; Just As The Wind Blows Out Candles, But Kindles Fires.

For Envy, Like Lightning, Generally Strikes At The Top Or Any Point Which Sticks Out From The Ordinary Level. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura Our Envy Always Outlives The Felicity Of Its Object.