And nothing doth extinguish envy more, than for a great person to preserve all other inferior officers, in their full lights and pre-eminences of their places. For by that means, there be so many screens between him and envy.

• 所以对位高权重者来说，保证各级属下的充分权利和应有身份是消除嫉妒的最佳方法，因为用这种方法不啻在自己与嫉妒之间筑起了一道道屏障。