he truly malicious
generally preserve the appearance of self-possession, or they could
not so effectually injure.--The angry man sets out by destroying his
whole credit with you at once, for he very frankly confesses his
abhorrence and detestation of the object of his abuse; while the envious
man carefully suppresses all his own share in the affair.--The angry
man defeats the end of his resentment, by keeping _himself_ continually
before your eyes, instead of his enemy; while the envious man artfully
brings forward the object of his malice, and keeps himself out of
sight.--The angry man talks loudly of his own wrongs; the envious of his
adversary's injustice.--A passionate person, if his resentments are
not complicated with malice, divides his time between sinning and
sorrowing; and, as the irascible passions cannot constantly be at
work, his heart may sometimes get a holiday.--Anger is a violent act,
envy a constant habit--no one can be always angry, but he may be always
envious:--an angry man's enmity (if he be generous) will subside when
the object of his resentment becomes unfortunate; but the envious man
can extract food from his malice out of calamity itself, if he finds his
adversary bears it with dignity, or is pitied or assisted in it. The
rage of the passionate man is totally extinguished by the death of his
enemy; but the hatred of the malicious is not buried even in the grave
of his rival: he will envy the good name he has left behind him; he will
envy him the tears of his widow, the prosperity of his children, the
esteem of his friends, the praises of his epitaph--nay the very
magnificence of his funeral.

"THE ear of jealousy heareth all things," (says the wise man) frequently
I believe more than is uttered, which makes the company of persons
infected with it still more dangerous.

WHEN you tell those of a malicious turn, any circumstance that has
happened to another, though they perfectly know of whom you are
speaking, they often affect to be at a loss, to forget his name, or to
misapprehend you in some respect or other; and this merely to have an
opportunity of slily gratifying their malice by mentioning some unhappy
defect or personal infirmity he labours under; and not contented "to
tack his every error to his name," they will, by way of farther
explanation, have recourse to the faults of his father, or the
misfortunes of his family; and this with all the seeming simplicity and
candor in the world, m