Men willingly believe what they wish.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

A miracle entails a degree of irrationality—not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

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

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.