If any one should set your body at the mercy of every passer-by, you would be indignant. When, therefore, you set your own mind at the mercy of every chance, to be troubled and perturbed when any one may revile you, have you no shame of this?
If someone put your body at the mercy of every passerby, you would be outraged. Yet you put your own mind at the mercy of every chance encounter. You let anyone who insults you trouble and upset you. Aren’t you ashamed of this?