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

Men willingly believe what they wish.

Appearances often are deceiving.

The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

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.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.

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

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

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.