Indeed, when we think of what it is that we most seek and cherish, and find most pride and pleasure in calling ours, it will sometimes seem to us as if our friends, at our decease, would suffer loss more truly than ourselves.

的确，想到那些我们最追求、最珍惜，并最引以为傲、乐于称作自己所有的东西，有时便觉得：当我们离世，朋友所承受的失落，或许比我们自己还要真切。