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

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.

The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

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