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

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.

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

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.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

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