'RYose says: Let your fellow's money be as dear to you as your own. Apply yourself to study the Torah, for it is not yours by inheritance. And let all your deeds be for the sake of Heaven.

'RShimon says: Be meticulous in reciting the Shema [and in prayer]. And when you pray, do not make your prayer fixed, rather [an entreaty for] mercy and a supplication before the Omnipresent, as it is said: For He (God) is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, and relentful of punishment.” And do not view yourself as a wicked person.