Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

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

Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.

Large action arrest small action.

Be natural and use your head.

What the eyes see, the heart must believe.

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.