Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

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

The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

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

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.

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.