Aesop's camel wanted beautiful horns, but Zeus made it ugly by taking its ears. A robber got through locked doors like Christ and stole from Psellos 300 nomismata saved to buy an estate. Ioannes should not cheer at Psellos' escape from a golden chain, as he was a willing slave to money and his stomach ached. He grieved that he had to suspect servants and treat them differently from before. Ioannes should enjoy the innate goodness of Konstantinos X, and the letter