Egypt was the mother of magicians.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature—and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

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

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

Men willingly believe what they wish.

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

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