準備於上主葡萄園工作的人應以謙虛及自貶面對艱辛；由於以謙遜為基礎，餘下的建築將順利完成。 The man who is going forth to labor in the Lord’s vineyard should direct his steps by humility and self-contempt toward what is difficult and hard; for the rest of the building will be safely fixed if it is based on humility for its foundation.

我若與世無爭，自然心安神怡。 忘記母語，轉戰他鄉，單槍匹馬上陣， 全城人會群起對峙，使我四面受敵。 I am at wondrous peace with the world so long as I do not make war on it, forgetting the tongue of my native land: but let me go forth to the camp, and you will see the whole city rise up against me while I fight on every side.

跟找你閒談的人講論死亡、審判及其他嚴肅的話題，引起他們的注意，即使他們裝聾，仍能利己益人，來者或是受益而去，或者以後不會再浪費你的時間。

太頻繁的懲罰表示管理欠耐心， 並非渴望紀律。 Too frequent punishment is a sign of a rule that is impatient rather than desirous of discipline.

除非愛惜藉祂寶血救贖的靈魂， 沒有人能自稱為基督的朋友。 No one should call himself a friend of Christ unless he cherishes those souls that Christ redeemed by the shedding of his Blood.

為服侍天主而獲得人的善意歸依，須為一切人成為一切，因近似的習性與興趣能賺得人心。 To gain men’s goodwill in God’s service we must become all things to all men; for men’s hearts are gained by nothing so much as by similarity of habits and interests.

唯一正確的野心就是愛天主， 並以更愛祂作為報酬。 There is but one right kind of ambition: to love God, and as the reward of loving him, to love him more.

和人交談，我們應緩於說話，耐心聆聽，對下屬更需如此。須洗耳恭聽近人說話，直至其完全表達心聲為止。

紈絝子弟應學習自我貶抑， 輕視以為超群出眾為比克己苦身更好。 Those who are elegant and foppish should be taught contempt of self and of every kind of preeminence in preference to and before bodily mortification.

為侍奉天主而忘記自己及個人福利的人，天主自會照料。 The man who forgets himself and his own welfare for God’s service will have God to look after him.