How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

I shall embrace my rival—until I suffocate him.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Quarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.

Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.

Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.

Do we want laurels for ourselves most, / Or most that no one else shall have any?

We die of comfort and by conflict live.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

The envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause.

Put national causes first and personal grudges last.

Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.