There is a middle ground in things.
Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Whatever your advice, make it brief.
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.