Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.

One must never ask of fortune more than she can grant.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.