Jealousy:

1. The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman

2. The ''Green-eyed Monster'' causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
-- Minna Antrim
1861-18?, American Epigrammist

3. The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.
-- Djuna Barnes
1892-1982, American Author, Poet, Columnist

4. Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
-- Elizabeth Bowen
1899-1973, Anglo-Irish Novelist

5. Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
-- Lord Byron
1788-1824, British Poet

6. Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
1873-1954, French Author

7. My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian, Actor

8. Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
-- John Dryden
1631-1700, British Poet, Dramatist, Critic