An envious man is avaricious with the wealth of God and hates the guiltless as foes.

 I saw a crackbrained little man, 
 Reviling a possessor of dignity, 
 Who replied: `O fellow, if thou art unlucky, 
 What guilt is there in lucky men?? 
 Forbear to wish evil to an envious man 
 Because the ill-starred fellow is an evil to himself. 
 What needest thou to show enmity to him 
 Who has such a foe on the nape of his neck?