I'm tired of fighting...

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

I'm tired of fighting...

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

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

Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

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