People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.Friedrich Nietzsche
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.Thomas Jefferson
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.William Shakespeare