Book 2
10.6
And since men strive for honor with those who are competitors, or rivals in love, in short, with those who aim at the same things, they are bound to feel most envious of these; whence the saying, Potter [being jealous] of potter.2.4.21.
10.7
And those who have succeeded with difficulty or have failed envy those whose success has been rapid.
10.8
And those whose possessions or successes are a reproach to themselves, and these, too, are those near or like them; for it is clear that it is their own fault that they do not obtain the same advantage, so that this pains and causes envy.
10.9
And those who either have or have acquired what was naturally theirs or what they had once acquired; this is why an older man is envious of a younger one.
10.10
Those who have spent much envy those who have only spent little to obtain the same thing.
