Appearances often are deceiving.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.

There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.