原则上让世俗之子打开话匣，但保留结尾，希望点铁成金。 Let it be your principle to allow others who they are worldly-wise to begin the conversation, but keep the end for yourself, so that whatever be the metal of the speech, you may have a chance of transmuting it into gold.

即使富甲天下，面对修道的败类，我分毫不会施予。 Even if I had all the money in the world, I would not give a penny to the man who by his own fault has become unworthy of the religious state.

天下所有的花蜜， 都不如主耶稣临终时所尝的胆醋那么甜蜜。 All the honey of all the flowers in the world is not so sweet as the gall and vinegar of the Lord Jesus.

少些知识，多些德行！ Less knowledge, more virtue!

在以常理作更佳抉择时，你选择现时向世俗说：“这为人有何益处？”，抑或在为时已晚才喊叫：“这样到底有何获益呢？”

如果无知者或恶人诽谤你， 要祈求天主让他们的流言蜚语永不成为事实。

无论因职位、权力或职务要改革世界，必须从自己开始。 If a man wants to reform the world, either by reason of the authority of his position or the duty of his office, he must begin with himself.

舍弃私意，优于获赐复活死人的恩典。 Better the forsaking of one’s own will than the gift of raising the dead.

健康的团体必须自保，及时铲除腐败份子，杜绝后患。 A healthy community must preserve itself and look to its welfare by cutting off its corrupt members in good time, before their rottenness reaches to the parts that are sound.

求主赏赐受苦的恩宠，衪会给予请求者大礼物：其他恩赐都包括在内。 Ask God for grace to suffer much. To whom God gives this he gives a great gift: all his other benefits are included in this single one.

成功阻止一次犯罪，足以抵偿一生的工作与辛劳。 To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

自己事奉天主不够：我必须帮助人用心爱祂，以唇舌赞美祂。