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

Appearances often are deceiving.

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

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

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

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

To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.