They do tricks even I can't figure out.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand 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.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.

Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.