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.

未经雕琢的木头没法想到会成为塑像杰作，雕塑家却胸有成竹。同样，大多数人对基督信仰生活一窍不通，并不明白天主能塑造他们成圣，直至自己全然委顺于全能艺术大师之手。

过于畏惧别人，便不能为主做大事。 He who fears men much will never do anything great for God.

当我仰望天国时，世界俗臭难耐！ How earth stinks in my nostrils when I look up to heaven!

圣神的喜乐使心灵欢畅， 超越一切受造之物。 No created thing can give rise to any gladness in the soul that is worthy of comparison with the joy of the Holy Ghost.

主，只需给我祢的爱及恩宠， 我心已足，再无他求。 Give me only thy love and thy grace, O Lord, and I am rich enough; and I ask for nothing more.

期待天主，只限于此： 与祂同在，心想事成。 We cannot expect too much from God, for with Him it is as easy to perform as to will.

安全获得一丁点零星的好东西， 比冒着失落永生的危险赚到一百件更好。 It is far better to procure a mere morsel of some one good thing safely than to gain a hundred at the risk of your salvation.

今天的事今天做，切莫拖延到明天。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

如果天主只是给你一只小狗作向导， 请勿抱怨，仍顺从主命，怀着喜悦跟随。 If the guide God chooses for you to follow were only a little dog, you should not complain, but at God’s command follow it willingly and gladly.

你当视一个人的得救， 重于世间所有的财富。 Let one man’s salvation be more to you than all the riches in the world.