Yisrael Meir Kagen

“ For a person's way of sitting, his movements and his dealings while he is alone in his house are not like his way of sitting, his movements and his dealings when he is before a great king; nor are his speech and free expression as much as he wants when he is with his household members and his relatives like his speech when in a royal audience. ”

“ One may pray the morning morning prayers at sunrise, as it says "You will fear him with the sun" (Tehillim) . If however, one prayed at the crack of dawn when the eastern horizon was visible, they fulfilled their obligation. ”

“ In a situation where one sees that the water is faraway from them and no one can bring it to them, some people have the practice of walking just short of four amot, [stopping, and then subsequently walking another four amot...until they reach the water.] However, the Sharei Teshuva writes that this is not practice is not right. Rather, [he contends,] one should quickly run to the water in order to prevent quickly get the evil/uncleanly spirit off of his hands. ”