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.

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 more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

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

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

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

Egypt was the mother of magicians.

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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

The fact is certain because it is impossible.