St. Mark the Ascetic: He who does not understand God's judgments..
'He who does not understand God's judgments walks on a ridge like a knife-edge and is easily unbalanced by every puff of wind.
When praised, he exults; when criticized, he feels bitter. When he feasts, he makes a pig of himself; and when he suffers hardship, he moans and groans. When he understands, he shows off; and when he does not understand, he pretends that he does. When rich, he is boastful; and when in poverty, he plays the hypocrite.
Gorged, he grows brazen; and when he fasts, he becomes arrogant. He quarrels with those who reprove him; and those who forgive him he regards as fools.'
St. Mark the Ascetic
