為基督的緣故發願輕看世俗的人，沒有屬於自己的國家。 The man who professes to despise the world for Christ’s sake has no country on earth to call his own.

愛那被徹底遺棄的人：愛那在他們內對基督的信念；若已失去這信念，愛他們的德行；若一切蕩然無存，愛他們身上天主的神聖肖像；愛那拯救他們的基督寶血。

認識天主的人知道舉心向上時，不只是在仰觀星空，甚至是在凝視一片草葉或任何最微小事物時也是如此。 He who knows God knows how to raise his mind immediately to God’s love, not only when he beholds the starry heavens, but even on considering a blade of grass, or the smallest things of any kind.

無論你何等貧窮，勿忘樂善好施，慷慨解囊， 使病患福利，一無所缺。 However great your poverty, spare no expense that nothing may be wanting for the welfare of the sick.

縱然事物具最佳本質，並非為人人有用；但仍應踐行，在實際情況中，利己益人。 What is best in itself is not always most useful for everybody, but that should be done which in the actual circumstances is of most profit to each other.

謹防譴責任何人的行為，即使其行為貌似敗壞，應考慮別人常出於忠誠及純真的動機。 Beware of condemning any man’s action. Consider your neighbor’s intention, which is often honest and innocent, even though his act seems bad in outward appearance.

工人應謹記，其施工材料並非黃金而是泥土；也應嚴格自省，以免努力去除他人瑕疵時，卻忽略了自身的污點。

戒避自身的敗壞和紊亂， 同時避免刻意流露嬌柔和自大而假裝細心。 Suffer nothing dirty or disordered about you. At the same time be careful to avoid that affected carefulness that savors of effeminacy and conceit.

對我們所愛的要堅心定志，以英豪方式過倫理生活的人，愛之深，責之切。 As we hold those dearer whom we find immovable in firmness of heart and manly virtue, so shall we more severely chastise their smallest faults.

活於祝福中的人，必盡力專注於天主： 天主恆常臨於心中。 He lives the blessed life who, so far as possible, has his mind continually fixed on God and God in his mind.

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.