Appearances often are deceiving.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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

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

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

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

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

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

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

On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.