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

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

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.

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.

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

In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.

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