Sefer HaMiddot, Public Officials/ספר המדות·שרים

1When a person sells diluted wine, public officials will treat him unfairly.

2Not judging a fellow Jew favorably is tantamount to killing him. One who does so will be treated unjustly by public officials.

3Reciting the Hallel prayer and giving charity are a segulah for finding favor in the eyes of public officials.

4Eating bread baked by a non-Jew causes [those in charge] to prohibit using the forest to chop firewood.

5There are four things that cause a person’s possessions to be handed over to the government: [holding on to a paid IOU, charging usury for lending money, being in a position to object to some wrongdoing and not doing so, and pledging charity in public but not giving it].