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- Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. — Thomas Jefferson
- O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! — Samuel Richardson
- Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. — Dante Alighieri
- If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought. — Dante Alighieri
- Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. — Dante Alighieri