As there are to be found in the service of envy men of every diversity of temper and degree of understanding, calumny is diffused by all arts and methods of propagation. Nothing is too gross or too refined, too cruel or too trifling, to be practiced. Very little regard is had to the rules of honorable hostility, but every weapon is accounted lawful; and those who cannot make a thrust at life are content to keep themselves in play with petty malevolence, to tease with feeble blows and impotent disturbance.
The point
Envy spreads slander through every available means, using any weapon without regard to honor.
