正文
There is neither happiness nor misery, there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more.
He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience happiness.
We must have felt what it is to die that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will digen to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
译文
在这世界上既无所谓幸福也无所谓不幸；只有一种状况和另一种状况的比较，如此而已。
只有体验过极度不幸的人，才能品尝到极度的幸福。
只有体验过死亡是什么的人，才能懂得活着有多快乐。
幸福地生活下去吧，我心爱的孩子们，永远不要忘记，直至上帝屈尊为人类揭示未来的那一天到来之前，人类的全部智慧就包含在这五个字里面：等待和希望。
