If we perpetually carry our burdens about with us, they will soon bear us down under their load.

When evil comes, we must deal with it bravely and hopefully.

What Perthes wrote to a young man, who seemed to him inclined to take trifles as well as sorrows too much to heart, was doubtless good advice: "Go forward with hope and confidence.

This is the advice given thee by an old man, who has had a full share of the burden and heat of life's day.

We must ever stand upright, happen what may, and for this end we must cheerfully resign ourselves to the varied influences of this many-coloured life.