Sefer HaMiddot, Success and Prosperity, Part I/ספר המדות·הצלחה·חלק ראשון

1Whoever properly tithes his wealth loses nothing.

2Attach yourself to a successful person and you will succeed.

3Blessing is found only in that which is hidden from the public eye.

4Success is Heaven-sent.

5When a person whom Heaven has designated for success fails to succeed, he will afterwards find it difficult to do so.

6The endeavors of Torah scholars receive an immediate blessing.

7Torah study is a segulah for success.

8Whoever doesn’t leave over a piece of bread on his table will never see the signs of blessing.

9[Asking God for an omen that what one is about to do will succeed] is not considered divination if he mentions only the positive outcome.

10A home, a child and a wife are signs of a man’s success.

11A man who divorces his wife does not prosper.

12A person whom fortune favors turns proud. People tend to fear him [on account of his good fortune].

13Whoever refrains from idle chatter succeeds at everything he does.

14Anyone who always speaks the truth prospers.

15Confessing your sins will bring prosperity.

16Prosperity comes to a person who hosts a Torah scholar at his table.

17When you lack truth, your prosperity is taken away and given to the gentiles.

18In order to prosper, listen as a Tzaddikperforms a unification of God’s Name by reciting the Shema Yisrael.

19Faith in the Sages brings prosperity.