It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.

My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.

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.

To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm.

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

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

The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.