Envy

And know that envy is a base trait of character (khulq), and part of its baseness is that it fastens upon the nearest and then the next nearest among one's equals, kin and associates.

It is part of a man's bad fellowship that a blessing he sees in his companion weighs upon him, so that among the things by which he eases himself, in belittling his companion and muddying his blessing, is to speak of how blessings pass away and dominions come to an end, as though he were a preacher or a judge — and it is no secret that his words do not fall in the place of admonition, but in the p …

then, when one of the causes that move to action presents itself, the passion arises in the envier's soul, which is the act of envying, and from it there follows the deed, which is the turning toward another's good, the setting out to drive it away from him and to withhold it, by deeds blameworthy in the judgement of intellect and of the revealed law.

the world takes back its gift, and Time is envious, coming upon nothing without altering it.

it is because man is envied for the blessing he has and looked upon with longing for his safety;

the jealous man exceeds him and is pained by all the good fortune of others;

In short, it is a reproach common to all citizens, men of Athens, and a misfortune of the State as a whole, that envy should be thought to be stronger among you than the grace of gratitude for services performed, and the more so because envy is a disease but the Graces have been assigned a place among the gods.

one reason is that I am afraid of jealousy, in the face of which it is useless to speak the truth;

3 But no man can at once envy and give thanks, because to envy belongs to the complaining and the sad, to give thanks to the rejoicing.

Considering the nature of Envy, he found it to be a kind of pain, not, however, at a friend’s misfortune, nor at an enemy’s good fortune, but the envious are those only who are annoyed at their friends’ successes.