"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites...""What is a rite" asked the little prince.

“那麼我該當作些甚麼呢？”小王子說。

“哦，這不是在地球上的事。”小王子說。

“這是常常被忽視的事情，”狐狸說，“它的意義就是‘建立聯絡’。”

“你不是這裡人。”狐狸說，“你來尋覓甚麼？”

“一點不錯，”狐狸說，“對我來講，你不過是個小男孩，就和其他千萬個小男孩一樣。我不需求你，你也一樣不需求我。對你來講，我也不過是一隻狐狸，和其他千萬隻狐狸一樣。但是，如果你順服了我，我們就相互不成貧乏了。對我來講，你就是天下上獨一的了，我對你來講也是天下上獨一的了。”

狐狸久久地看著小王子。

“你是誰？”小王子說，“你很標緻。”

"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.""What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

“你們很美，但你們是空虛的。”小王子仍然在對她們說，“冇有人能為你們去死。當然，我的那朵玫瑰花，一個淺顯的過路人覺得她和你們一樣。但是，她比你們全數加起來更首要，因為她是我灌溉的，因為她是我放在花罩中的。因為她是我用屏風庇護起來的，因為她身上的毛蟲（除了留下兩三隻為了變胡蝶而外）是我除滅的，因為我聆聽過她的怨艾和自誇，乃至偶然我聆聽著她的沉默，因為她是我的玫瑰。”