I do not believe that ghosts or spirits exist.

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

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

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.

I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.

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

I do not believe that ghosts or spirits exist.