Egypt was the mother of magicians.

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

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

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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.

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

Men willingly believe what they wish.

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

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