Translations
As far as words go, however, don't reduce yourself to his level, and certainly do not moan with him.Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
As far as conversation goes, however, do not disdain to accommodate yourself to him, and if need be, to groan with him.Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
So far as words then do not be unwilling to show him sympathy, and even if it happens so, to lament with him.George Long (1890)
Therefore do not hesitate to sympathize with him so far as words go, and if it so chance, even to groan with him;Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)