One should show honor to the person whom fortune smiles upon.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part II §2
Success comes to one who feeds a Torah scholar at his table.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §16
One who does not possess the qualities of a tzaddik, and also has no merit of his forefathers, yet wishes to draw people close to the service of Hashem, should guard himself from tests, and especially that the wicked not become jealous of him.
Sefer HaMidos, A Test, Part I §2
One who divorces his wife does not succeed.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §11
One who falls from his fear of Heaven, it is known that his fear was not pure.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §9
or some illness will come upon his wife and children.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part II §3
Through fear comes stumbling.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §2
One upon whom fortune smiles grows haughty of heart, and his dread also falls upon people.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §12
One who does not speak idle words succeeds in all his deeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §13
A house in which there is fear, it is known that the sitra achra has a share in it.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §21
One who has an immoral thought about a daughter of a foreign god, it is known that he will have some kind of downfall,
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part II §2
A person of understanding should not be frightened by a mere sound.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §9
Beaten hoshanos are a segulah to dispel fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §16
Success is help from Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §4
When you overlook slights against you, you will find grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §6
One who keeps falling should know that his guardian angels have departed from him.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part II §1
Fear comes through flattery.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §23
One who does not confess his sins, dread comes upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §34
One who is frightened, even though he himself does not see, his mazal sees. His remedy:
let him move four cubits from his place, or recite the Shema, or say, "The goats of the butcher's house [are fatter than I]," and so on (Megillah 3a).
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §10
One who gives his fellow advice that is not proper for him, thoughts of idolatry fall upon him through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §3
Through worry comes fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §26
One who flees from trouble is wise.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part II §3
Do not ask advice except from one who knows the secrets of the Torah.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §1
When people forget Hashem, may He be blessed, and do not lean on Him, through this they become afraid of the nations.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §25
Through trust in Hashem you will have no fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §15
Through fear come falsehoods.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §27
One who hears and heeds a din Torah is saved from fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §17
Do not take advice from one who has evil thoughts.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §4
Through tzedakah you will dispel fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §5
Three hundred and ten immersions dispel fear. He should also give a gift to the tzaddik.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §18
When the Jewish people are united, the nations fear them.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §24
One who always speaks the truth succeeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §14
Through tzedakah one merits grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §1
Blessing is found only in something hidden from the eye.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §3
Sometimes a person becomes afraid before some good comes to him.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part II §2
One who rules over his yetzer, his children do not go astray;
through this his money is blessed, and through this he will not come to a test.
Sefer HaMidos, A Test, Part I §3
When you guard yourself from theft, from oaths and from falsehood, you will not fall from your level.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §11
Through learning Torah at the table during a meal, one is saved from fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §32
Through keeping Shabbos, and also through teshuvah, a person draws upon himself the light of Moshiach.
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §4
Attach yourself to one who is successful, and you will succeed.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §2
Fear saps a person's strength.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §8
One who is not careful with the blessings over enjoyment, before and after, fears come upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §14
For success, listen when the tzaddik proclaims the unity of Hashem, that is, Shema Yisrael.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §18
There are fish that are a segulah for grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §12
By taking advice from your rav, you will merit salvation.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §5
Whoever sets aside his tithes properly loses nothing.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §1
When a person comes to a city to settle there, let him send meat to the city's poor, and through this he will find favor in the eyes of the city's officials.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part II §1
Through binding oneself to the tzaddikim, one will not fall from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §16
Through boasting of wealth comes fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §29
Sometimes a person falls from his level in his old age.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §1
One who is successful has the time in his hands.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part II §3
One who spends his money freely to acquire a teacher to learn from will find grace through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §5
Through fear, pride is nullified.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §7