Per saltum

Per saltum is a Latin phrase, meaning “hopping”. It is used to mean that someone has reached a position or degree without going through the posts or lower grades according to the established order.

Where have I seen this?

Whoso is out of hope, to attain to another’s virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another’s fortune.

Jealousy

man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others.