Sefer HaMiddot, Clothing, Part I/ספר המדות·בגדים·חלק ראשון

1The clothing that a person wears is indicative of his character.

2Whoever must go barefoot clearly must be a sinner.

3A person who is insolent, or who fails to fulfill his oaths, loses his clothing.

4A person who does not refrain from staring at his father’s nakedness will, in the end, see his children going unclad and barefoot.

5Anyone who eats before praying will lose his clothing.

6A haughty person loses his clothing.

7A person who lures a fellow Jew from the good path to the evil one will not have what to wear.

8Whoever stands as a guarantor for a gentile loses his clothing.

9There will come a time when the Holy One will exact punishment from those who dress in the clothing of the gentiles.

10A person whose poverty forces him to wear torn clothing can rectify this by crying out to God.

11Whoever disrespects clothing will in the end have no pleasure from them.

12By providing clothing for the poor, one is spared embarrassment.

13One who is careful not to embarrass any person is rewarded with clothing.