The Sun represents the right half of the body and the Moon the left half.

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

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

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

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

Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.

It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.