Do not be joyful about any superiority that is not your own. If the
horse were to say joyfully, “I am beautiful,” one could put up with
it. But certainly you, when you say joyfully, “I have a beautiful
horse,” are joyful about the good of the horse. What, then, is your
own? Your way of dealing with appearances. So whenever you are in
accord with nature in your way of dealing with appearances, then be
joyful, since then you are joyful about a good of your own.Do not
be joyful about any superiority that is not your own. If the horse
were to say joyfully, “I am beautiful,” one could put up with it.
But certainly you, when you say joyfully, “I have a beautiful
horse,” are joyful about the good of the horse. What, then, is your
own? Your way of dealing with appearances. So whenever you are in
accord with nature in your way of dealing with appearances, then be
joyful, since then you are joyful about a good of your own.