最经典的当属全书的最后那段伯爵写的那封信中的话了，是他的传奇经历所获得的人生哲学，也是全书的主题吧There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of living.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。

只有下过死的决心的人，莫雷尔，才能懂得活着有多快乐。

never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man,all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, −− Wait and hope.永远不要忘记，直至天主垂允为人类揭示未来图景的那一天来到之前，人类的全部智慧就包含在这五个字里面：等待和希望。