當萬事如意時，勿以為能持續地鴻運當頭，反應為此警戒怵惕。 When everything goes as you want it to, put no trust in the continuance of your good fortune, but fear all the more.

較天主美好的各種創造，監獄、腳鐐和恥辱等根本不算甚麼。 All the good things God has created, weighed against prison, fetters, and disgrace, should count for nothing at all.

要所有人走同一條路是危險的：把自己和別人比較更壞。 It is dangerous to make everybody go forward by the same road: and worse to measure others by oneself.

當魔鬼以某種痛苦攻擊及騷擾人時，會選擇在夜間行事。 When the devil wants to attack and harass a man with peculiar bitterness, he prefers to work at night.

長遠而言，真理戰無不勝；縱然受到攻擊，無法克勝真理。 Nothing resists the truth for long: it may be assailed, but never overcome.

對小罪不以為意，比對大罪等閑視之，更為危險。 Much more danger lurks in making light of little sins than of great ones.

有時魔鬼折磨人至精神失常： 以致我們本應歸咎於誘惑， 反而認為是出於自然或疾病所造成。

若有人不因己過而喜歡受地獄永苦，他會輕易忍受地獄的一切痛苦，除了受罰者對天主的咒罵。

我們不單為天主，也應因天主的緣故為他人著想。 We ought to consider not only God, but also men for his sake.

如果我發現，任何隱藏靈魂內的只是人欲而非全然神聖，生命將難以忍受。

虔誠的人只需片刻就能提升至的德行境界，怠惰的花了許多年仍未能達到。