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

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.

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

They do tricks even I can't figure out.

I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.

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

But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.