My husband having trusted one of his fellow-clerks with a sum of money, too much for our fortunes to bear the loss of, the clerk failed, and the loss fell very heavy on my husband, yet it was not so great neither but that, if he had had spirit and courage to have looked his misfortunes in the face, his credit was so good that, as I told him, he would easily recover it; for to sink under trouble is to double the weight, and he that will die in it, shall die in it.
Mon mari ayant confié à un de ses clercs associés une somme d'argent trop grande pour que nos fortunes pussent en supporter la perte, le clerc fit faillite, et la perte tomba très lourdement sur mon mari. Cependant elle n'était pas si forte que s'il eût eu le courage de regarder ses malheurs en face, son crédit était tellement bon, qu'ainsi que je lui disais, il eût pu facilement la recouvrer; car se laisser abattre par la peine, c'est en doubler le poids, et celui qui veut y mourir, y mourra.