The ''Green-eyed Monster'' causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.
The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
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