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.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

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

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching toward him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.