An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive.

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.

How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.