准备于上主葡萄园工作的人应以谦虚及自贬面对艰辛；由于以谦逊为基础，余下的建筑将顺利完成。 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.

我若与世无争，自然心安神怡。 忘记母语，转战他乡，单枪匹马上阵， 全城人会群起对峙，使我四面受敌。 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.

跟找你闲谈的人讲论死亡、审判及其他严肃的话题，引起他们的注意，即使他们装聋，仍能利己益人，来者或是受益而去，或者以后不会再浪费你的时间。

太频繁的惩罚表示管理欠耐心， 并非渴望纪律。 Too frequent punishment is a sign of a rule that is impatient rather than desirous of discipline.

除非爱惜藉祂宝血救赎的灵魂， 没有人能自称为基督的朋友。 No one should call himself a friend of Christ unless he cherishes those souls that Christ redeemed by the shedding of his Blood.

为服侍天主而获得人的善意归依，须为一切人成为一切，因近似的习性与兴趣能赚得人心。 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.

唯一正确的野心就是爱天主， 并以更爱祂作为报酬。 There is but one right kind of ambition: to love God, and as the reward of loving him, to love him more.

和人交谈，我们应缓于说话，耐心聆听，对下属更需如此。须洗耳恭听近人说话，直至其完全表达心声为止。

纨绔子弟应学习自我贬抑， 轻视以为超群出众为比克己苦身更好。 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.

为侍奉天主而忘记自己及个人福利的人，天主自会照料。 The man who forgets himself and his own welfare for God’s service will have God to look after him.