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

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

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.

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.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

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

Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.